neo-testamentary
/ˌnioʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible.
Example Sentences
- "One of the revisionist Protestant strategies aimed to justify repudiation of Catholicism was the gendering of religious behaviour[…]. At its simplest, yet most insidiously dangerous, it associated vetero-testamentary or pre-conversion characters with the old/Catholic religion and gendered them feminine or effeminate—unruly speech- and behaviour-wise, viz. overly emotional, even exhibitionist and ultimately anti-Christian. By contrast, positive neo-testamentary characters, Christian converts and generally reformed figures were deemed the true Christians/Protestants."
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From neo- (prefix meaning ‘new’) + testamentary (“pertaining to a testament or will”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”) + *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”), indicating a third party standing as a witness to two parties to a contract or dispute).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnioʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/
- British English: /ˌniːəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/