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historiola

historiola noun: a spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).

Noun

historiola (plural historiolas or historiolae)

  1. (literary) A spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).
    • [A] Mandaic specimen from Kutha (BM 91715) which contains two independent incantations separated by a line: a historiola relating the expulsion of a particular lilith and the report of a dream purportedly dreamt by the client[.]2004, The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, volume 29, page 31

Forms of historiola

pluralhistoriolas
pluralhistoriolae

Origin of historiola

From Latin historiola, from historia.

Questions about historiola

What does historiola mean?
Historiola means a spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).
What part of speech is historiola?
Historiola is a noun.
What is the plural of historiola?
The plural of historiola is historiolas.

Words near historiola in the dictionary

  1. historiographical
  2. historiographically
  3. historiographies
  4. historiographs
  5. historiography
  6. historiola
  7. historiolae
  8. historiolas
  9. historiological
  10. historiologies
  11. historiology

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