hermesian
/həɹˈmi.ʒən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the theological writings of Georg Hermes, especially in the attempt to reconcile faith with Kantian reason.
adj
Pertaining to the Hermetic Corpus, Hermes Trismegistus, or the associated form of mysticism.
adj
Pertaining to the Greek god Hermes.
Example Sentences
- "The measure taken by Mgr. de Droste, against the publication of Hermesian writings, is thus most fully justified, not only by the dictate of his own conscience, and by the canons of the Catholic Church, but also by the civil law, where the rights of the archbishop are laid down with the utmost clearness and precision."
- "He ended the heretical dissensions created by the Hermesian School by suspending the refractory Hermesian professors Braun and Achterfeldt of Bonn; and he reorganized the theological faculty of that university by calling in as professors Dieringer and Martin, men of unsuspected orthodoxy."
- "Eventually German bishops succeeded to "purify" the centers of Hermesian thought such as Bonn, Munich, and Breslau."
- "Hermesians declare that what was condemned at Rome was not Hermes' teaching, but a libellous caricature of it. He himself always protested that his system did not touch any point of the Catholic faith."
- "The Hermesians offered a welcome target for the fierce clericalist hatred which found expression in such writings."
- "Back in Germany, the Hermesians reacted to the Brief by deeming the pope ill-informed, a “mere marionette of German intriguers.”"
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/