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Meaning of Areopagitic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
ˌɛəɹiəʊpəˈd͡ʒɪtɪk

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the Areopagus (council of ancient Athens).
  2. Of or pertaining to the Areopagitic Oration of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (named after but only loosely connected to the Areopagus).
    Ancient-Rome
  3. Of or pertaining to the Corpus Areopagiticum of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.

Examples

“In the concept of pantheism Khidasheli implies the unity of God and the world and not their similarity; he thinks that such an interpretation of pantheism is given in Neoplatonic and Areopagitic writings.”
“In the West, the Areopagitic texts were translated by Hilduin (c. 785 — c. 855), Bishop of Paris, who received a manuscript at his monastery of Saint Denys, and Johannes Scotus Eriugena (815-877) who knew about them from his time in Irish monasteries and produced a widely known and used translation in middle and later medieval times.”

CEFR level

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