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exoteric

[ek-suh-ter-ik] / ˌɛk səˈtɛr ɪk /




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As role model, sheds a dim light, His pick exoteric Gave us Bernie Kerik, Still ready, it seems, to incite.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

Among the exoteric doings of the human race were the following: Gilbert Murray.

From Time Magazine Archive

In solving this affair, the Bishop had recourse to the more exoteric passages of his criminal literature.

From Time Magazine Archive

The statement that he had two circles of pupils, the exoteric and the esoteric has given rise to much controversy.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

The esoteric teaching was not, of course, grasped by all the initiates; the majority merely recognized or grasped the exoteric doctrine of a future state of rewards and punishments.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Dudley Wright


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