paraphrase vs rescript

paraphrase

noun
  • A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning. 

  • One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. 

verb
  • To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. 

rescript

noun
  • A rewriting, a document copied or written again. 

  • A duplicate copy of a legal document. 

  • A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate. 

  • An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law. 

verb
  • To script again or anew. 

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