neo-testamentary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌniːəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌniːəʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [-ɾə-] (General-American)
- /ˌnioʊˌtɛstəˈmɛntəɹi/ (General-American)
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).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible.
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.
2018, Estella Ciobanu, “Commemorations of Christ’s Passion Body: Ostentatio Vulnerum, Redemptive Theology and Violence of Representation in the Post-Crucifixion Plays”, in Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama (The New Middle Ages), Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, footnote 31, page 229:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neotestamentary | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
paleotestamentary · vetero-testamentary
Relateds
testify · testamentary · intertestamental · testamental · testament
Synonyms
Translations (17)
pl nowotestamentowy (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · it neotestamentario (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · cs novozákonní (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · de neutestamentlich (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · sv nytestamentlig (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · pl nowotestamentalny (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · fr néotestamentaire (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · be новазапаве́тны (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · fr novotestamentaire (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · fi Uuden testamentin (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · nl nieuwtestamentisch (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · es neotestamentario (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · uk новозаві́тний (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · ru новозаве́тный (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · pl nowozakonny (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · fi uusitestamentillinen (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible) · sk novozákonný (of or pertaining to the New Testament of the Bible)