Bible Dictionaries
Prosopop/Ia
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prosopop/Ia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prosopopia.html. 1828.