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Homologoumena

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ho⋅mo⋅lo⋅gu⋅me⋅na

  [hoh-moh-luh-goo-muh-nuh, -gyoo-]
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–noun (used with a singular verb)
the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
Also, ho⋅mo⋅lo⋅gou⋅me⋅na  [hoh-moh-luh-goo-muh-nuh] .
Compare antilegomena.

Origin:
< Gk homologoûmena, neut pl. pass. prp. of homologeîn to agree to, allow; see homologous
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Homologoumena

Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? things conceded, p. p. of ? to agree, admit, concede. See Homologous.] Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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