different between quotations vs prooftext

quotations

For Wiktionary's use of quotations, see Wiktionary:Quotations

English

Noun

quotations

  1. plural of quotation

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prooftext

English

Etymology

proof +? text

Noun

prooftext (plural prooftexts)

  1. A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.

Verb

prooftext (third-person singular simple present prooftexts, present participle prooftexting, simple past and past participle prooftexted)

  1. To use decontextualized quotations from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.

References

  • Prooftext, Prooftexting, in Definition of Christian Terms

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