"Ormulum" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Ormulum [canonical]
Etymology: From the author’s name, Orm, modeled after Latin speculum (“mirror”), so popular in the title of medieval Latin non-fiction works that the term speculum literature is used for the genre. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Orm}} Orm, {{m|la|speculum|t=mirror}} speculum (“mirror”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Ormulum}} the Ormulum
  1. (historical, literature) A twelfth-century work of biblical exegesis, whose author is a monk named Orm. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Books, Literature

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