| − | '''Praxis''', a ''calque'' or loanword from the Greek '''πράξις''', meaning "practice", usually formal | + | '''Praxis''', a ''calque'' or loanword from the Greek '''πράξις''', from which derive the words "practice" and "practical", usually meaning formal |
| − | practice, as distinguished from theory; or practical application or usage, as accepted practice or custom, "simply the way we do things"; [[culture]], cultural norms of healthy moral and spiritual behavior and cooperative interaction as opposed to nonconformist [[dissent]], and [[sociopath]]ic behavior. | + | practice, as distinguished from [[theory]]; or practical application or usage, as accepted practice or custom, "simply the way we do things", "what one does", more archaically, a person's "wont"—"as is his wont"; [[culture]], cultural norms of healthy moral and spiritual behavior and cooperative interaction as opposed to nonconformist [[dissent]], and [[sociopath]]ic behavior. |
| | For example, "patterns of Christian praxis in [[church]] and [[society]]". | | For example, "patterns of Christian praxis in [[church]] and [[society]]". |