ejaculatio

Figure Name ejaculatio
Source Bullinger (1898) ("ejaculatio; or, ejaculation")
Earliest Source None
Synonyms ejaculation
Etymology from Lation e "out" and jaculari, jaculatus "the throwing of a javelin"
Type None
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Definition

1. Parenthetic Addition by way of Wish or Prayer... This name is confined to a parenthesis which consists of a short prayer, such as "God forbid," "God be praised," "Thank God." (Bullinger, 491)

Example

1. Hosea 9:14. -Here, the prayer is in the form of a question:-"Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them." etc. (Bullinger, 491)

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Last Editor Ioanna Malton
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