Ormulum

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proper noun

A twelfth-century work of biblical exegesis, whose author is a monk named Orm.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Ormulum
  1. historicalliteratureA twelfth-century work of biblical exegesis, whose author is a monk named Orm.

Origin

From the author’s name, Orm, modeled after Latin speculum (“mirror”), so popular in the title of medieval Latin non-fiction works that the term speculum literature is used for the genre.

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APA

Ormulum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ormulum

MLA

“Ormulum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ormulum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ormulum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ormulum.

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