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paleotestamentary

paleotestamentary adjective: synonym of vetero-testamentary.

Adjective

paleotestamentary (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of vetero-testamentary.
    • There was a time when biblical religion (paleotestamentary and neotestamentary alike) was studied almost exclusively in terms of individual faith.1954 January, Samuel Lucien Terrien, “A Currently Neglected Aspect of Biblical Theology”, in Union Seminary Quarterly Review, page 7
    • We have also consulted the sources themselves. For our purpose, these were the works of Josephus (the Jewish War, the Jewish Antiquities, and the Life), the New Testament, and certain sections of the palaeotestamentary literature—partly apocalyptic in nature—not included in the Canon.1957, “The Futurists”, in Willard R[opes] Trask, transl., Man at the Crossroads, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, translation of El hombre en la encrucijada by José Ferrater Mora, →LCCN, part I...

Synonyms of paleotestamentary

Origin of paleotestamentary

Mostly from French paléotestamentaire; equivalent to paleo- + testamentary.

Questions about paleotestamentary

What does paleotestamentary mean?
Paleotestamentary means synonym of vetero-testamentary.
What part of speech is paleotestamentary?
Paleotestamentary is an adjective.

Words near paleotestamentary in the dictionary

  1. paleotemperate
  2. paleotemperature
  3. paleotemperatures
  4. paleotempestological
  5. paleotempestology
  6. paleotestamentary
  7. Paleotethyan
  8. paleotetraploid
  9. paleotetraploidization
  10. paleotetraploidizations
  11. paleotetraploidy

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