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Definition of Examen
1. Noun. A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
Generic synonyms: Introspection, Self-contemplation, Self-examination
Derivative terms: Examine, Examine
2. Noun. A critical study (as of a writer's work).
Definition of Examen
1. n. Examination; inquiry.
Definition of Examen
1. Noun. (obsolete) examination; inquiry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Examen
1. a critical study [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Examen
Literary usage of Examen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... the abuses in the finances—The abilities of this prince for government— Singular
events—Exposition, examen, and artifice of the last will of Philip II. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1817)
"... Himself Again! or the Language of the Poet asserted; being a full and
dispassionate examen of the Headings and Interpretations of (he several Editors. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1833)
"X. — examen Critique des Travaux de feu M. Champollion sur les Hieroglyphes, par J.
KLAPROTH. 8vo. Paris : 1832. is precisely the kind of book which, ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"Davenant'i Homer, Virgil, Lucau, and Statius are passed success- examen. ively in
review, and receive each his appropriate compliment, put with dignified ..."
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