| Figure Name | protimesis |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("protimesis; or, description of order") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | description of order |
| Etymology | Gr. from pro "before" and timee "honour" |
| Type | None |
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| Definition |
1. Hence, the figure is employed when things are enumerated according to their places of honour or importance, using the particles "first," "again," "then," or "firstly," "secondly," "thirdly," etc. This figure; therefore, increases the emphasis of a particular statement by setting forth the order in which the things treated of stand, of take place. (Bullinger, 474) |
| Example |
1. 1 Cor. 15:5-8. -Speaking of the resurrection of Christ, it is written: "He was seen of Cephas; then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once: ... after that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles: and, last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." (Bullinger, 475) |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
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| Reviewed | No |