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Homologoumena

Homologoumena noun: the books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.

Noun

Homologoumena pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.

Origin of Homologoumena

From New Latin homologūmena, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογούμενα (homologoúmena, literally “things agreed upon”), neuter plural form of the present mediopassive participle of ὁμολογέω (homologéō, “to agree with”).

Questions about Homologoumena

What does Homologoumena mean?
Homologoumena means the books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.
What part of speech is Homologoumena?
Homologoumena is a noun.

Words near Homologoumena in the dictionary

  1. homologizers
  2. homologizes
  3. homologizing
  4. homologomer
  5. homologon
  6. Homologoumena
  7. homologous
  8. homologous pair
  9. homologous pairs
  10. homologous recombination
  11. homologous recombinations

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