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historiolas

historiolas is the plural of historiola.

Meaning of historiola

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

Questions about historiolas

What is historiolas the plural of?
Historiolas is the plural of historiola.

Words near historiolas in the dictionary

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

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