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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: exegetical, exegetic
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “an interpreter”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”); see hermeneutics.
