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trope /trōp/ noun- A figure of speech, properly one in which a word or expression is used in other than its literal sense, eg metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche or irony
- A short cadence peculiar to Gregorian melodies
- A phrase formerly interpolated in different parts of the mass
transitive verb To provide with tropes ORIGIN: Gr tropos a turn, from trepein to turn tropˈical adjective tropˈist noun - A user of tropes
- Someone who understands the Bible as having a figurative significance
tropologˈic or tropologˈical adjective tropologˈically adverb tropolˈogy noun - Figurative language
- A moral interpretation of the Bible
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