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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of textual criticism, applied especially to the Bible, for tracing the origin and history of certain passages through systematic study of the writings in terms of conventional literary forms, such as parables, proverbs, and love poems.
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