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hexahemeron

hexahemeron noun: a term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.

Noun

hexahemeron (plural hexahemera)

  1. A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.
    • Ere another hexahemeron had wasted, his companion, as he foresaw, would be sheltered beneath his mother’s roof.1867, Anson Doner Eby, Showers of blessing
    • The first man was Adam. Quen. (I, 543); "Adam, framed by God on the sixth day of the first hexahemeron, is the first of all men, and the parent of the entire human race, throughout the whole globe1889, Heinrich Schmid, Charles Augustus Hay, Henry Eyster Jacobs, The doctrinal theology of the Evangelical Lutheran church

Forms of hexahemeron

pluralhexahemera

Origin of hexahemeron

See hexameron.

Questions about hexahemeron

What does hexahemeron mean?
Hexahemeron means a term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.
What part of speech is hexahemeron?
Hexahemeron is a noun.
What is the plural of hexahemeron?
The plural of hexahemeron is hexahemera.

Words near hexahemeron in the dictionary

  1. hexahedrons
  2. hexahelical
  3. hexahelicene
  4. hexahelicenes
  5. hexahemera
  6. hexahemeron
  7. hexaheteromeric
  8. hexahex
  9. hexahexaflexagon
  10. hexahexaflexagons
  11. hexahexes

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