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Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch, also known as the Torah..
THE ATHÆNIAN - Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama. July to December, 1894. LONDON The Darwinianism of some has apparently its one solid root in aversion to orthodoxy and a “pentateuchal” “creationary” theory; to avoid acceptance of that they fly to the camp of Darwin, with no absolute conviction of, and perhaps no very strong confidence in, his views. (No. 3496, Oct. 27, ’94, p. 573)
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Pentateuchal means Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch, also known as the Torah..
Common synonyms include Torahic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
THE ATHÆNIAN - Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama. July to December, 1894. LONDON The Darwinianism of some has apparently its one solid root in aversion to orthodoxy and a “pentateuchal” “creationary” theory; to avoid acceptance of that they fly to the camp of Darwin, with no absolute conviction of, and perhaps no very strong confidence in, his views. (No. 3496, Oct. 27, ’94, p. 573)
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