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excursus
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ex·cur·sus  (k-skûrss)
n. pl. ex·cur·sus·es
1. A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.
2. A digression.
[Latin, from past participle of excurrere, to run out; see excursion.]
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Noun1.excursus - a message that departs from the main subject
digression, divagation, parenthesis, aside
subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about


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The true strength of the book is in these discussions, the excursuses and the "boxed" insets.
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Wall labels were appallingly inconsistent, alternating between the barest descriptions and most long-winded excursuses and rarely clarifying how these extraordinarily diverse practices qualified as "Conceptual.
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To be sure, there are many great events and great persons, but what saves this book from being a retelling of "one damned thing after another" is Chadwick's graceful and vigorous prose and his willingness to interrupt his narrative for excursuses on small but lively points about the Christian tradition.
The Wilderness of God by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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