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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a chiasmus.

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  • A curious inversion seemed to be occurring in which Muslim honor killing, usually targeting a daughter who is deemed to have violated the tenets of the faith, was now chiastically transposed into a Christian honor killing, targeting a son who had embarrassed his observant family.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • A curious inversion seemed to be occurring in which Muslim honor killing, usually targeting a daughter who is deemed to have violated the tenets of the faith, was now chiastically transposed into a Christian honor killing, targeting a son who had embarrassed his observant family.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • A curious inversion seemed to be occurring in which Muslim honor killing, usually targeting a daughter who is deemed to have violated the tenets of the faith, was now chiastically transposed into a Christian honor killing, targeting a son who had embarrassed his observant family.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • Leviticus [Hebrew: ויקרא] is the third book of the chiastically structured.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Leviticus [Hebrew: ויקרא] is the third book of the chiastically structured.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

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