parænetical

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See also: paraenetical

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parænetical (comparative more parænetical, superlative most parænetical)

  1. Obsolete form of paraenetical.
    • 1812, John Owen, An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, J. Ritchie; second edition, Volume I, Exercitation VIII, page 136:
      For in all discourses that are parænetical, as this Epistle for the most part is, there are always some principles taken for granted, which give life and efficacy unto the exhortations in them, and into which these are resolved.