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adjective

• containing aphorisms or maxims

adjective satellite

• terse and witty and like a maxim

29%8 A spoken adage
noun

• (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings.

29%8An adage or popular saying
noun

• a short pithy instructive saying

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