neo-testamentary
Syllables: neo-te·sta·ment·a·ryUK/ˌniːəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/US/ˌnioʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/
neo-testamentary adjective: of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible.
Adjective
neo-testamentary (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible.
- One of the revisionist Protestant strategies aimed to justify repudiation of Catholicism was the gendering of religious behaviour[…]. At its simplest, yet most insidiously dangerous, it associated vetero-testamentary or pre-conversion characters with the old/Catholic religion and gendered them...2018, Estella Ciobanu, “Commemorations of Christ’s Passion Body: Ostentatio Vulnerum, Redemptive Theology and Violence of Representation in the Post-Crucifixion Plays”, in Representations of the Body...
- Synonyms:
- New Testamental
Synonyms of neo-testamentary
Forms of neo-testamentary
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Origin of neo-testamentary
PIE word *tréyes From neo- (prefix meaning ‘new’) + testamentary (“pertaining to a testament or will”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”) + *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”), indicating a third party standing as a witness to two parties to a contract or dispute).
Words that rhyme with neo-testamentary
Questions about neo-testamentary
- What does neo-testamentary mean?
- Neo-testamentary means of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible.
- What part of speech is neo-testamentary?
- Neo-testamentary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce neo-testamentary?
- Neo-testamentary is pronounced /ˌniːəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/ (UK).
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