Definition of interpretation

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Interpretation (n.) The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma..

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Oneirocritical :: Oneirocritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.
Anagogics :: Anagogics (n. pl.) Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures..
Gnostic :: Gnostic (n.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons..
Neology :: Neology (n.) A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma..
Mystic :: Mystic (n.) One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism..
Interpretative :: Interpretative (a.) According to interpretation; constructive.
Liturgics :: Liturgics (n.) The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies..
Mystagogy :: Mystagogy (n.) The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries..
Constructive :: Constructive (a.) Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred..
Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Mystagogical :: Mystagogical (a.) Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.
Import :: Import (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like..
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
Double-entendre :: Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate..
Misconstruction :: Misconstruction (n.) Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..
Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary..
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