Noun

(exegeses)

An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.

* 1885 , Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor),

Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4'', ''cf''. Orat. ''i. 8, 52''), ''and insists'' (''id. i.'' 54, cf. already ''de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense.

* 1913 , Francis Aveling, Rationalism'', article in '' ,

As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis .

* 1940 , , ,

Historical scholarship bears exclusively on interpretive reading; when it is properly subordinated as a means, its end is exegesis'; all of its techniques are of service to the grammatical art. But '''exegesis''' is not ''the'' end; nor is grammar the highest art. ' Exegesis is for the sake of a fair critical judgment, grammar for the sake of logic and rhetoric.

Noun

(uncountable) The state of being hostile.

*, II.12:

There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Everton 0-2 Liverpool , passage=But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.}}

* 2013 September 28, (Kenan Malik), " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.

(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.