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hexalogue

hexalogue noun: a series of six statements.

Noun

hexalogue (plural hexalogues)

  1. A series of six statements.
    • The earliest of these resumes, the 'Hexalogue' issued by the Sunzhi emperor in 1670, contained only six maxims. The Kangxi ... The emphasis of the original Hexalogue was on the goodness of man and Confucian orthodoxy.1993, Soldiers, cops, bannermen: the rise and fall of the first Communist Chinese police state, 1931-1969, page 30
    • In the Quaker hexalogue published in the Dictionnaire sur les mœurs (1773), interested Europeans could read about some of the prohibitions Quakers imposed upon themselves. "Six things Quakers are not allowed to do:2011, Pierpaolo Polzonetti, Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution, page 275

Forms of hexalogue

pluralhexalogues

Questions about hexalogue

What does hexalogue mean?
Hexalogue means a series of six statements.
What part of speech is hexalogue?
Hexalogue is a noun.
What is the plural of hexalogue?
The plural of hexalogue is hexalogues.

Words near hexalogue in the dictionary

  1. hexalingual
  2. hexaliteral
  3. hexality
  4. hexalobular
  5. hexalogies
  6. hexalogue
  7. hexalogues
  8. hexalogy
  9. hexaloop
  10. hexaloops
  11. hexalophodont

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