examen

American  

[ig-zey-muhn] / ɪgˈzeɪ mən /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. an examination, as of conscience.

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examen British  

/ ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn /

noun

1. RC Church an examination of conscience, usually made daily by Jesuits and others

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Etymology

Origin of examen

1600–10; < Latin exāmen swarm of bees, device for weighing, balance < *exag-s-men, equivalent to *exag- base of exigere to drive out, inquire into, examine ( see exact) + -s-men resultative noun suffix; cf. contaminate

Example Sentences

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examen

Several of its techniques — including the "examen," Ignatius' 20-minute review of the day's events — can work across or outside formal religious contexts.

From Time ● Mar. 8, 2010

Do not omit your prayers, and to make an act of contrition and examen of conscience every night, and frequent the blessed sacraments of the church.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

This is, indeed, Corneille's opinion, and in the examen of his Polyeucte he cites Minturno in justification of his own case.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

And this shall suffice, though some haply might here recommend to us a more accurate microscopical examen, to interpret their most secret schematismes, which were an over-nicety for these great plantations.

From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by Nisbet, John

In 1810 the examen pro facultate docendi first made the profession of a schoolmaster independent of that of a minister of religion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various