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Meaning of hexameron | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn/

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of hexameron.
    alt-of
  2. The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
  3. The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
  4. A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.

Examples

“He drew melancholy comparisons from Nature: men were compared to wandering clouds that dissolve into nothing, to wavering shadows, and shipwrecked beings, etc. His homilies on the Hexameron, too, shew thought of Nature.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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