octalogue
octalogue noun: a series of eight statements.
Noun
octalogue (plural octalogues)
- A series of eight statements.
- Theophilus proceeds to divide what he will shortly call the "Ten Chapters" […], or more precisely an octalogue plus a selection of other appropriate materials, into three parts2000, Rick Rogers, Theophilus of Antioch: The Life and Thought of a Second-century Bishop, page 128
- Thus Tertullian has turned, as it were, the Decalogue into his own octalogue, which he brings into close line with natural precepts.2010 page 114
Forms of octalogue
| plural | octalogues |
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Origin of octalogue
From octa- + -logue.
Questions about octalogue
- What does octalogue mean?
- Octalogue means a series of eight statements.
- What part of speech is octalogue?
- Octalogue is a noun.
- What is the plural of octalogue?
- The plural of octalogue is octalogues.
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