hexameron

English

Alternative forms

• Hexameron
• hexæmeron,hexaëmeron,hexaemeron
• hexahemeron

Etymology

FromAncient Greekἑξαήμερον(hexaḗmeron,“six-day”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/hɛkˈsæ.mə.rɔn/,/hɛkˈsæ.mə.rən/

Noun

hexameron(pluralhexamerons)

1. (theology)The sixdaysin whichGodcreatedtheworldaccording to thebiblicalcreationstory.
   • 1905,Alfred Biese,The Development of the Feeling for Nature In the Middle Ages and Modern Times‎^[1],page34:

     He drew melancholy comparisons from Nature: men were compared to wandering clouds that dissolve into nothing, to wavering shadows, and shipwrecked beings, etc. His homilies on theHexameron,too, shew thought of Nature.

2. (theology)Thenarrativein the Book ofGenesisdescribing the events of the hexameron.
3. (literature)Atreatiseorsermonconcerningthebiblicalcreationstory.

Hypernyms

• cosmogony

Related terms

• hexameral
• Decameron