"exegesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs/ [UK], /ɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exegesis.wav Forms: exegeses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead, guide”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-}}, {{bor|en|grc|ἐξήγησις||interpretation}} Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|exegeses}} exegesis (countable and uncountable, plural exegeses)
  1. A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-exegesis-en-noun-0xQ-tNio Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52
  2. An explanatory note; a gloss. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eisegesis, epexegesis, exegete, exegetical, hermeneutics Translations (formal written exposition or explanatory essay): ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَفْسِير (tafsīr) [masculine] (Arabic), тълкувание (tǎlkuvanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exegesi [feminine] (Catalan), 評註 (Chinese Mandarin), 评注 (píngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 詮釋 (Chinese Mandarin), 诠释 (quánshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 注釋 (zhùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), exegese [feminine] (Dutch), uitlegging [feminine] (Dutch), ekzegezo (Esperanto), eksegeesi (Finnish), exégèse [feminine] (French), esexese (Galician), exexese [feminine] (Galician), Exegese [feminine] (German), εξήγηση (exígisi) [feminine] (Greek), व्याख्या (vyākhyā) [feminine] (Hindi), szövegmagyarázat (Hungarian), exegézis (Hungarian), exegezo (Ido), tafsir (Indonesian), eksegesis (Indonesian), exegese (Interlingua), esegesi [feminine] (Italian), spiegazione [feminine] (Italian), esplicazione [feminine] (Italian), chiarimento [masculine] (Italian), chiarificazione [feminine] (Italian), 釈義 (shakugi) (Japanese), 釈義学 (skakugigaku) (Japanese), 訓詁 (kunko) (Japanese), ekseģēze [feminine] (Latvian), tafsir (Malay), വ്യാഖ്യാനം (vyākhyānaṁ) (Malayalam), ഭാഷ്യം (bhāṣyaṁ) (Malayalam), تفسیر (tafsir) (Persian), تأویل (ta'vil) (Persian), egzegeza [feminine] (Polish), exegese [feminine] (Portuguese), экзеге́за (ekzegéza) [feminine] (Russian), egzegeza (Serbo-Croatian), exégesis [feminine] (Spanish), exeges (Swedish), tefsir (Turkish), تفسیر (tafsīr) (Urdu)
Disambiguation of 'formal written exposition or explanatory essay': 46 54

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