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• Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

• Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.