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areopagy

areopagy noun: secret tribunal, conclave.

Noun

areopagy

  1. (obsolete) secret tribunal, conclave
    • And herein though Socrates onely ſuffered, yet were Plato and Ariſtotle guilty of the ſame truth, who demonſtratively underſtanding the ſimplicity of perfection, and the indiviſible condition of the firſt cauſator, it was not in the power of earth, or Areopagy of hell to work them from it.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Last and Common Promoter of False Opinions, the Endeavours of Satan”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book...
    • Conſcience only, that can ſee without Light, ſits in the Areopagy and dark Tribunal of our Hearts, ſurveying our Thoughts and condemning their obliquities[…]c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press...

Origin of areopagy

After the Areopagus.

Questions about areopagy

What does areopagy mean?
Areopagy means secret tribunal, conclave.
What part of speech is areopagy?
Areopagy is a noun.

Words near areopagy in the dictionary

  1. Areopagites
  2. Areopagitic
  3. Areopagitican
  4. Areopagitics
  5. Areopagus
  6. areopagy
  7. areophane
  8. areophysics
  9. Areopoli
  10. areostationary
  11. areostyle

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