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Markan priority

Markan priority is the alternative form of Marcan priority.

Meaning of Marcan priority

Noun

Marcan priority (uncountable)

  1. The hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was the first-written of the three Synoptic Gospels and was used as a source by the other two (Matthew and Luke).

Questions about Markan priority

What is Markan priority the alternative form of?
Markan priority is the alternative form of Marcan priority.

Words near Markan priority in the dictionary

  1. Markab
  2. markability
  3. markable
  4. Markam
  5. Markan
  6. Markan priority
  7. Markarian
  8. Markarian galaxies
  9. Markarian galaxy
  10. Markarians
  11. Markaryd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Markan priority (page history and authors); Marcan priority (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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