PARENESIS

Etymology

Noun

parenesis (usually uncountable, plural pareneses)

(rhetoric) Exhortation

Anagrams

• arsepines, passerine

Source: Wiktionary


Pa*ren"e*sis, n. Etym: [L. paraenesis, Gr.

Definition: Exhortation. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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