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Protocanonical
Of or pertaining to the first canon or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture opposed to deutero canonical
Preach
tidings specifically to proclaim the gospel to discourse publicly on a religious subject or from a text of Scripture to deliver a sermon
Postillation
The act of postillating exposition of Scripture in preaching
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Blasphemy
Being and Providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Also, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, and exposing it to contempt and ridicule. It is an indictable misdemeanour at Common Law, see Reg. v.
Mishna
A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture forming the text of the Talmud
Explanation
or interpreting the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible as the explanation of a passage in Scripture or of a contract or treaty
Bibliomancy
A kind of divination performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard and drawing from them indications concerning future events
Literalize
or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words opposed to spiritualize as to literalize Scripture
Cabala
A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeligval Christians which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of
Dittology
A double reading or twofold interpretation as of a Scripture text
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