saying

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SA'YING, participle present tense Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; reciting. SA'YING, noun 1. An expression; a sentence uttered; a declaration. Moses fled at this saying Acts 7:26. Cicero treasured up the sayings of Scaevola. 2. A proverbial expression. Many are the sayings of the wise.
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