Dictionary entry

Explication

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex′pli‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

The explication of our Savior's parables. Atterbury.

2. The sense given by an expositor. Bp. Burnet.