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novellae

novellae noun: novel thoughts or interpretations, usually associated with Jewish commentaries (see Chiddush); any novel interpretation of a venerated text.

Noun

novellae pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Novel thoughts or interpretations, usually associated with Jewish commentaries (see Chiddush); any novel interpretation of a venerated text.
    • They should publicize all my novellae in order to bring merit to the many, and if, indeed, I have erred, it is my fault, and I apologize.Quoted in 2021, Lawrence Fine, Judaism in Practice (page 166)

Origin of novellae

Borrowed from Latin novellae.

Questions about novellae

What does novellae mean?
Novellae means novel thoughts or interpretations, usually associated with Jewish commentaries (see Chiddush); any novel interpretation of a venerated text.
What part of speech is novellae?
Novellae is a noun.

Words near novellae in the dictionary

  1. novelizer
  2. novelizers
  3. novelizes
  4. novelizing
  5. novella
  6. novellae
  7. novellalike
  8. novellas
  9. novelle
  10. Novelli
  11. novellike

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