enarration

English

Etymology

From the Latin ēnarrātiō, from ēnarrō (“I explain in detail”, “I expound”).

Noun

enarration (plural enarrations)

  1. (obsolete) A detailed exposition; relation.
    • 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:
      S. Augustine in his Enarration vpon this Psalme, according to his wont, betakes him to an Allegorical Exposition

References

“enarration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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