literal interpretation

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literal interpretation - an interpretation based on the exact wording

interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

letter - a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"

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His reading of the magical works leads him to a new, literal interpretation of Bruno's statements on the day of his execution, that his soul would rise with smoke to paradise.

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The Catholic Church does not teach a literal interpretation of the creation story and stresses that the story employed "figurative language [but] affirms a primeval event, a deed that took place at the beginning of the history of man."