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| trope [ trōp ] (plural tropes) |
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1. figure of speech: a word, phrase, expression, or image that is used in a figurative way, usually for rhetorical effect
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2. medieval religious text: in the medieval Christian Church, a phrase or text interpolated into the service of the Mass
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| [Mid-16th century. Via Latin tropus< Greek tropos "turn"] |
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