Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Persuasion; exhortation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Exhortation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rhetoric
Exhortation
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (parainesis, "exhortation, address")
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Examples
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The common element must therefore depart from the Midrash on the one hand and from parenesis on the other.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Paul’s rapid-fire words of advice — a style scripture scholar Calvin Roetzel colorfully dubbed “shotgun parenesis” — seem to fit my life these days.
Column: Prayer and Patience Michelle 2009
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Paul’s rapid-fire words of advice — a style scripture scholar Calvin Roetzel colorfully dubbed “shotgun parenesis” — seem to fit my life these days.
Archive 2009-09-01 Michelle 2009
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