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pentateuchal

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Etymology

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From Pentateuch +‎ -al.

Adjective

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pentateuchal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch, also known as the Torah.
    • THE ATHÆNIAN - Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama. July to December, 1894. LONDON
      The Darwinianism of some has apparently its one solid root in aversion to orthodoxy and a “pentateuchal” “creationary” theory; to avoid acceptance of that they fly to the camp of Darwin, with no absolute conviction of, and perhaps no very strong confidence in, his views. (No. 3496, Oct. 27, ’94, p. 573)

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