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disputation

Meaning of “disputation”

Reasoning, debate, argument, or contention over a question.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Acts 15:2

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The KJV occurrence

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Acts 15:2
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:2 · retained source text

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissention and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certeine other of them, should goe vp to Hierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders about this question.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

[Latin] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest, respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition or argument. 2. An exercise in colleges, in which parties reason in opposition to each other, on some question proposed.

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