HERMENEUTIC

{ Her′me‐neu″tic (?), Her′me‐neu″tic‐al (?), } a. [[Gr. �, fr. � to interpret: cf. F. herméneutique.]] Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.