Month: February 2012

SOLA MYSTICA

Neologisms for Evangelicals SOLA MYSTICA [(soh’-luh) (mis’-tik-uh)] [Sola 1685–95; and Italian, Latin sōlus alone] [Mystica:1275–1325; Middle English mystic; Latin mysticus; Greek mystikós, equivalent to mýst

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MANTRA SCRIPTURA

Neologisms for Evangelicals MANTRA SCRIPTURA [(man’-truh) (skriptər’ uh) [C19: from Sanskrit, literally: speech, instrument of thought, from man to think. 1808, “that part of the

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MYSTICA SCRIPTURA

Neologisms for Evangelicals MYSTICA SCRIPTURA [(mis’-tik-uh) (skriptər’ uh)] [Mystica:1275–1325; Middle English mystic; Latin mysticus; Greek mystikós, equivalent to mýst (ēs) an initiate into the mysteries

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METAPHORA SCRIPTURA

Neologisms for Neoevangelicals METAPHORA SCRIPTURA ([met-uh-fawr’ uh] [skriptər’ uh]) [metaphor:1530s, from M.Fr. metaphore, from L. metaphora, from Gk. metaphora “a transfer,” especially of the sense

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INCLUSIVA SCRIPTURA

Neologisms for Neoevangelicals INCLUSIVA SCRIPTURA [in-kloo’-siv-uh] [skriptər’ uh] [inclusiva: c.1600, from M.L. inclusivus, from L. inclus-, pp. stem of includere (see include); equivalent to Latin

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NEBULA SCRIPTURA

Neologisms for Neoevangelicals NEBULA SCRIPTURA ([neb’ yuh luh] [skript ər’ uh]) [(Nebula: 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy; related

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NARCIGESIS

Neologisms for Neoevangelicals NARCIGESIS [nahr- si -jee’ -sis] [(From: narcissus; 1540–50; Latin from Greek nárkissos plant name, traditionally connected, by virtue of plant’s narcotic effects,

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