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exoterical, a.|ɛksəʊˈtɛrɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= prec. adj.
1637R. Humfrey tr. S. Ambrose Pref., Two sorts, one exotericall, which is in common and civill use. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 189 Aristotle was wont to divide his Lectures..into Acroamatical and Exoterical. a1751Bolingbroke Ess., Monotheism §11 in Wks. 1754 IV. 235 Exoterical, or publick doctrines. 1827Whately Logic Introd. p.v, A loose, vague, and popular kind of language; such as would be the best suited indeed to an exoterical discourse. 1858R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Rev. I. 32 His partisans have resorted in his defence to his exoterical writings. |