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hermeˈneutics
[f. hermeneutic a.: see -ics. Also in form hermeneutic. Cf. Gr. ἑρµηνευτική (sc. τέχνη), L. hermēneutica, F. l'herméneutique.]
The art or science of interpretation, esp. of Scripture. Commonly distinguished from exegesis or practical exposition.
1737Waterland Eucharist (ed. 2) 315 Taking such liberties with sacred Writ, as are by no means allowable upon any known rules of just and sober hermeneuticks. 1839Longfellow Hyperion iv. vii, Here..I kept my papers and my great work on Biblical Hermeneutics. 1843S. Davidson Sacr. Hermeneut. i. (L.), The meaning of all language, written or spoken, is developed by the application of general laws, usually termed Hermeneutics. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 287 No legend..is safe from the hermeneutics of a thorough-going mythologic theorist. 1967J. MacQuarrie God-Talk vii. 148 We could say that history is the hermeneutic of historical existence, or even that physics..is the hermeneutic of nature. |