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# examen

«examen» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short daily prayer in which a person looks back over…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an examen, examens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) The examen is a short daily prayer in which a person looks back over the day, thanks God for good things and asks forgiveness for wrong ones; it comes from Saint Ignatius of Loyola. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#m1)

2) (French) «Examen» is the French word for an exam or test; it is not an ordinary English word in that sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#m2)

3) (old, formal) An examination or careful study. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In church and religion lessons it describes a quiet habit of reflecting on the day, often at bedtime. In French lessons it means an exam. Phrases: «the daily examen», «pray the examen».

### examples

- Every night before bed she prays the examen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x1)
- In the examen you think about the best moment of your day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x2)
- Christians who pray the examen ask God to help them do better tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x3)
- Our teacher led a short examen at the end of the school day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x4)
- The examen was taught by Saint Ignatius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x5)
- (French) «J'ai un examen demain» means «I have an exam tomorrow». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x6)
- The examen has steps: thanks, review, sorry and hope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x7)
- We wrote our own examen in our reflection journals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/#x8)

### note

Say «ex-AH-men» in the church sense. In French it sounds like «eg-za-MAN» (nasal end). Do not confuse with «amen». In English an exam is «exam» or «examination», not «examen».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «examen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.