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parenesis

noun

(rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.

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Word length
9
Starts with
P
Ends with
S
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
11

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noun

  1. (rhetoric) exhortation; admonition.

    “In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history.”

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In Deuteronomy it is often impossible to separate parenesis from history.

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