Recapitulation vs Abridgement - What's the difference?
recapitulation | abridgement | Related terms |
A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
(biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 144:
Recapitulation is a related term of abridgement.
As nouns the difference between recapitulation and abridgement
is that recapitulation is recapitulation while abridgement is (chiefly|uk).recapitulation
English
(wikipedia recapitulation)Noun
(en noun)- one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.
