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noun
A traditional saying of a religious leader.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
Topics: Christianity
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noun
a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saying, expression, locution
History
] From Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; the word or wisdom of God”) (from λέγω (légō, “I say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns).
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