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theodicy(encyclopedia)

tissue (oh) and theodicy (iou)


tissue (oh)




[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tissu 'fine cloth', from tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere; TEXT]
[C] a piece of soft thin paper, used especially for blowing your nose on
::a box of tissues
[U] also tissue paper
light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc
[U] the material forming animal or plant cells
lung/brain etc tissue
a tissue of lies
BrE a story or account that is completely untrue

theodicy (iou)



theodicy noun. L18.
[French theodicee title of a work by Leibniz, from Greek theos god + dike justice: see -Y3.]
The vindication of divine providence in relation to the existence of evil; an instance of this; a doctrine etc. in support of this (cf. OPTIMISM 1).
Edward White Their theodicy is based on the belief that out of..evil God will bring..good.
theodi'cean noun & adjective (a) noun (rare) a person who presents or maintains a theodicy; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of a theodicy: L19.