hexaemeron

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hexaemeron [ˌhɛksəˈɛmərɒn], hexahemeron

(Christian Religious Writings / Bible)

a. the period of six days in which God created the world

b. the account of the Creation in Genesis 1

[via Late Latin from Greek, from hexaēmeros (adj) of six days, from hexa- + hēmera day]

hexaemeric , hexahemeric adj

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No references found			Basil's passage in Hexaemeron prefigures Darwinism (Nov. From Mr. Peter Hala re St. Basil and Darwinism by Baldwin / Catholic Insight Bede quotes the sixteenth book of the Hexaemeron, where Basil, the Bishop of Cesarea, confirms the ideas associated with the moon's diminishing, saying, For I think that in the generation of animals and in anything else which the earth produces, formation is conferred in no small degree by the changes of the moon. The Fey Beauty of A Midsummer Night's Dream: a Shakespearean comedy ... by Conlan, J.P. / Shakespeare Studies			Hex- hexa- Hexabasic Hexacapsular hexachlorobenzene hexachlorocyclohexane hexachloroethane hexachlorophene hexachord Hexacid hexacosanoic acid Hexactinellid Hexactinelline Hexactinia hexad Hexadactylous Hexade hexadecane hexadecanoic acid hexadecimal hexadecimal digit hexadecimal notation hexadecimal number system hexadecimal system Hexadrol hexaemeron hexagesimal hexagon hexagonal Hexagonal system Hexagonally Hexagony hexagram Hexagrammidae Hexagrammos Hexagrammos decagrammus Hexagynia Hexagynian Hexahedral hexahedron Hexahemeron hexahydrate hexahydropiridine hexahydropyrazine Hexalectris Hexalectris spicata Hexalectris warnockii hexamerous hexameter hexamethylenetetramine Hexametric			hexadecimal system hexadecimal system hexadecimal system Hexadecimal to Binary Hexadecimal to Character Hexadecimal to Octal hexadecimally hexadecimally hexadecimally Hexadecimals Hexadecimals Hexadecimals Hexadecyl 4-Biphenylamino Benzoate Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide Hexadecyl-Palmitoylphosphatidylcholine Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide Hexadenia Hexadenia Hexadenia hexadentate ligand hexadic hexadic hexadiene Hexadrol Hexadrol hexads hexads hexaemeron Hexaferrocenylbenzene Hexaferrocenylbenzene Hexaflexagon Hexaflexagram hexafluorenium bromide Hexafluoro-2-propanol Hexafluoroacetone Hexafluoroacetylacetonate Hexafluoroisopropanol Hexafluoropropylene hexafoil Hexagesimal Hexagesimal hexagon hexagon hexagon hexagonal hexagonal Hexagonal Boron Nitride Hexagonal Boron Nitride Hexagonal close packed hexagonal close-packed structure hexagonal column Hexagonal crystal system Hexagonal crystal system Hexagonal Field Effect Transistor Hexagonal lattice hexagonal method of application Hexagonal Nanostructured Zeolite Particles hexagonal nipple

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