"A Plea Regarding the Christians" and Other Writings Glossary

"A Plea Regarding the Christians" and Other Writings Glossary

venerate

To honor with great awe and respect.

impious

Displaying a lack of respect for religious observation.

trifling

Considered to be of little significance or importance.

arraigned

To be officially charged with crimes before a judgement tribunal or court.

wantonness

Engaged in a state recklessness of wild misbehavior.

slanders

Malicious statements that injure another’s reputation that are spoken rather than written.

ineffable

Something considered to be beyond any expression through mere words.

maxims

A list of observations or teachings considered to be of great wisdom.

adduce

To point out or bring attention to a fact when supporting one side of a debate or argument.

seminal

A point at which the origin of something has begun.

impassible

Unable to feel pain or experience suffering.

godhead

The divine nature of a deity or nature.

effluence

The process of flowing out or issuing through.

syllogism

A flawed rhetorical argument that subtly engages trickery or artifice

libation

An alcoholic beverage or the consumption of that beverage.

enumerate

To specify the sequence of a collection of like objects.

ecliptic

A large circle used to find the solution to astronomical problems.

theogony

The origin story of gods.

dissolution

The breaking apart of something large and organized into smaller independent parts.

corporeal

Existing in a tangible state which can be comprehended through the senses.

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