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exegetical, a.|ɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪkəl| [f. as prec. + -al1.] †1. Of the nature of a gloss; explanatory. Const. of, to. Obs.
a1623W. Pemble Exp. Zachary (1629) 115 This Exegeticall interpretation of this place sounds harshly. 1642W. Price Serm. 32 The one verse is exegeticall to the other. 1666J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 135 Life, and soul, and spirit, are..often made exegetical one of another. 1721Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 533, I take this proposition to be exegetical. 2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of exegesis, exposition or interpretation; esp. of the Scriptures; expository. exegetical theology: that branch of theological learning which deals with the interpretation of the Scriptures and the subjects therewith connected; = exegetics.
1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. (1864) IV. ii. iv. 57 In the..exegetical theology, the English divines had already taken a conspicuous station. 1844Stanley Arnold (1858) I. iii. 148 Dogmatical instruction..conveyed..in a practical or exegetical shape. 1862H. J. Rose in Replies to Ess. & Rev. 120 He has attributed to Jerome exegetical absurdities. 3. Of or pertaining to exegetics.
1884Nonconf. & Indep. 14 Feb. 157/1 Exegetical study is not new to him. |