historicity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of historicity
Example Sentences
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Reading Charles Murray on the historicity of the Gospels was not, suffice to say, high on my list of expectations for 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
As I see it, there is a great lack of specific historicity and context with such claims.
From Salon • May 14, 2024
“Manhunt” wears its historicity lightly, and its tone and dialogue lean decidedly contemporary.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
There’s also a curious lack of historicity that feels freeing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2020
Gietmann denies the historicity of Beatrice and declares that she typifies the Church.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by Slattery, John T. (John Theodore)
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