examen

American  

[ig-zay-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

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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

Then after, examen, office calls, and then for marriage.

From The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

After a juridical examen of the virtues and miracles above-mentioned, he declared beatified Francis Xavier, priest of the Society of Jesus, by an express bull, dated the 25th of October, in the year 1619.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Sir Walter Scott

This work was followed by two others on the same subject: Votum pro pace ecclesiasticâ, contra examen Andreæ Riveti, and Rivetiani Apologetici Discussio: this last did not appear till after the author's death.

From The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works by Jean Lévesque de Burigny

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 John Nisbet

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