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The Explications -  1800-1999 
Explication \Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

        The explication of our Savior's parables. --Atterbury.

        2. The sense given by an expositor. --Bp. Burnet. 

                                            Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary