noun. Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text.

noun. The exposition or interpretation of any literary production or passage; more particularly, the exposition or interpretation of Scripture. See exegetical theology, under exegetical.

noun. A discourse intended to explain or illustrate a subject; specifically, an exercise in Biblical interpretation sometimes prescribed to students of theology when on examination preliminary to licensure or ordination.

noun. In mathematics, in the language of Vieta and other early algebraists, the numerical or geometrical solution of an equation.

noun. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

noun. The process of finding the roots of an equation.

noun. An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.

noun. an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)

"Dick had already written more than a million words of personal notes on this topic, he said, notes he referred to as his "exegesis" - a word that traditionally means an explanation or interpretation of Scripture."

eisegesis  

exegete  exegetical  

interpretation  

argumentation  calligraphy  chronology  commentary  cosmogony  

allegorization  annotation  apparatus criticus  clarification  comment  

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