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examen
[ ig-zey-muhn ]
noun
, Ecclesiastical.
- an examination, as of conscience.
examen
/ ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn /
noun
- RC Church an examination of conscience, usually made daily by Jesuits and others
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Word History and Origins
Origin of examen1
1600–10; < Latin exāmen swarm of bees, device for weighing, balance < *exag-s-men, equivalent to *exag- base of exigere to drive out, inquire into, examine ( exact ) + -s-men resultative noun suffix; contaminate
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Word History and Origins
Origin of examen1
C17: from Latin: tongue of a balance, from exigere to thrust out, from agere to thrust
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Example Sentences
It is the last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be "augmente d'un examen critique et des preuves positives," &c.
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Medicatio vaginismi examen expertum supponit et quandoque scrutinium endoscopicum vesicae urinariae.
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I have not seen the pamphlet entitled Facts, nor that by Lloyd, nor the Examen.
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All the champions of reform had copied him; and they procured the Examen du Socialisme, by Morant.
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Only the first part of his Examen critique des dictionnaires historiques was published.
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