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examen

examen

9.9
A short daily prayer to think about your day and your actions
  • noun
  • /ɪɡˈzeɪmən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : examen
  • Carlos emphasizes that he has made a mockery of the final phase of the examen by arguing on behalf of his friend's situation rather than his own.

Examples

  • In addition, and if only for the purpose of growing the theology of the Lutheran Reformation some feet and planting them firmly on the ground, it is more important to turn to his Examen Ordinandus rather than the Loci Communes.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Nearly twenty years after its first run at the Théâtre du Marais, Corneille wrote an examen in which he attributed the play's success to the poetry and to a certain skill in conceiving the subject.

    Academic text (1990)
  • "We are flowers and birds," he declared, a modest examen.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The most telling fact about the Examen may be that these questions and answers do not appear in a theological treatise.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Find a clear mortal/venial sin list that guides people through a good examen and walks them through the ritual.

    Blog text (6)
  • Paradoxically, this might suggest that the poet of "L'Examen" did not in fact spend his day on the street, where word sellers deal in specifics for petty cash.

    Academic text (1998)
  • See Banamex, Examen de la situación económica de México, no. 812, Mexico City, July 1993, p. 298.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Appearing in German in 1552 and in Latin two years later, Melanchthon's Examen ordinandus was arguably one of the ever-alert schoolmaster's most influential works, precisely because he wrote it to assist candidates in preparing for the examination.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Although the first two acts focus on the examen that all twelve of Ins's suitors must undergo in order to win her hand, the emphasis of the final act shifts to the competition between homosocial and heterosexual bonds because the final two candidates, Carlos and Fadrique, are also best friends.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The examen is usually performed at night before we go to sleep.

Synonyms

examination
vsexamen
  • Formal
13 5.3

Careful thinking about your actions and feelings, often as a religious practice

is more formal, detailed, and tied to a specific religious order practice
self-examination
vsexamen
7 4.6

Careful thinking about your thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself

is a formal, detailed conscience review used daily by a particular religious order

Surface Forms

examen singular
examina plural

Etymology

Examen comes from Latin and originally meant 'weighing' or a small 'scale' used to test things. Think of examen like the English word exam: it is a careful weighing of your day and your sense of right and wrong, which is why the examen is used as a daily self-check.