Deuteronomic

[ doo-ter-uh-nom-ik, dyoo- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Deuteronomic¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Deuteronom(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

With the introduction of each king a comprehensive judgment by the standard of the deuteronomic law is pronounced upon his reign.

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It can promise no Deuteronomic catalogue of blessings and cursings to those who obey or disobey its principles.

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But the expansion and revision of the Decalogue were not limited to the Deuteronomic school.

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Indeed the Deuteronomic law most stringently forbids all social relations with that particular tribe to which Ruth belonged.

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We reach thus approximately the age when post-Deuteronomic editors were able to utilize such records as Judg.

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