Etymology

parenesis

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Today it means: exhortation Full definition →

Ancient Greek παραίνεσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαραίνεσις“exhortation, address”
  2. English todayparenesis

From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, address”).

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