Bible Dictionary: Drama

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

2. (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

3. (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DRAMA MIMIC

dra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES.

Topical Bible Verses

Ephesians 2:15
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of two one new man, so making peace;
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1 Timothy 2:11-15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also said the law.
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Library

A Drama in Five Acts
... A Drama in Five Acts. A Sermon (No.481). ... The first act is over; take breath and say,
"This also is vanity.". The tenour of the drama changes, alas, how soon! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/a drama in five acts.htm

The Drama
... The Drama. It was at this time that dramatic poetry made its appearance
in Germany; and just as lyrical and narrative poetry had ...
//christianbookshelf.org/winkworth/christian singers of germany/the drama.htm

Song of Songs
... Another view, first hinted at in a phrase of Origen, is that the book is a drama,
a view which has held the field"not without challenge"for over a century. ...
/.../mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/song of songs.htm

The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth.
... Menander, for instance, the comic poet, in his drama of the Charioteer, says:". ... In
his drama of Ion, too, he barefacedly brings the gods on the stage:". ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter vii the poets also bear.htm

Why was Evolution the Method Chosen?
... A spectator of the drama for ages, too ignorant to see that it was a drama, and
too impotent to do more than play his little part, the discovery must sooner or ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/iii why was evolution the.htm

The Glory of the Cross
... Human history is like a long-drawn-out drama, in which we are actors. ... And we ask,
we are impelled to ask, what is the meaning of the whole vast drama? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/beibitz/gloria crucis/i the glory of the.htm

Introduction
... Of the fundamental divisions of literature there yet remains one"the
Drama. The relation of this to the Bible is interesting. ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/introduction.htm

Greek-Amerikan-Christian-Association
... I have seen the drama enacted behind the scenes. It is a dreadful drama
that could break the neck of the strongest long-suffering. ...
/.../chapter x greek-amerikan-christian-association.htm

Daily Bread
... What a wonderful drama is this play of human lives,"this perpetual tragedy and comedy,
of which some slight and faint transcript finds expression in the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/merriam/the chief end of man/v daily bread.htm

Evolution in General
... its editors. Yet, singular though the omission may seem, no connected outline
of this great drama has yet been given us. These researches ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/i evolution in general.htm

Thesaurus

Drama
... pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. DRAMA MIMIC. dra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES. ...
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Songs (100 Occurrences)
... many charms. Not until the closing scene (Songs 8:5-14) does Ewald introduce
the shepherd as an actor in the drama. Ewald had an ...
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Song (207 Occurrences)
... many charms. Not until the closing scene (Songs 8:5-14) does Ewald introduce
the shepherd as an actor in the drama. Ewald had an ...
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Dram

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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... are all but akin to the family; in the gymnasium, Apollo or Hermes is represented
as the patron and ideal of the youths who exercise there; the drama is part ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... are all but akin to the family; in the gymnasium, Apollo or Hermes is represented
as the patron and ideal of the youths who exercise there; the drama is part ...
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Long (2810 Occurrences)
... Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great
length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long ...
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Games (2 Occurrences)
... AND ROME 1. Historical Introduction 2. General References 3. Specific References
to Greek Athletics 4. References to the Theater and the Drama LITERATURE About ...
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Tragedy (1 Occurrence)
... composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person
or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents ...
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Revival (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. 3. (n.) Renewed
performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. ...
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Subtopics

Drama

Drama Mimic

Related Terms

Songs (100 Occurrences)

Song (207 Occurrences)

Dram

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

Long (2810 Occurrences)

Games (2 Occurrences)

Tragedy (1 Occurrence)