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Another word for gravamen

noun

(Law)

The most central and material part:

core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root¹, soul, spirit, stuff, substance. See be

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The real gravamen against Paul seems to have been that he clung to a Christology which was become archaic and had in Rome and Alexandria already fallen into the background..

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