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indiziareita\'

English translation: indicia

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Italian term or phrase:indiziareita\'
English translation:indicia
Entered by: Peter Waymel

01:29 Jun 6, 2017
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Religion
Italian term or phrase: indiziareita\'
Hi,

I'm translating a text on the stigmata, and on pain as a mnemonic aid. The word that's giving me difficulty is in the line here:

"L’apparire cristiano […] corrisponde molto meno alla ricerca di una similitudine figurativa che alla ricerca della virtù stessa fatta immagine, vale a dire la ricerca del contatto, dell’indiziarietà, della testimonianza carnale, dunque del martirio […]."

I was thinking of "indizio", and therefore "the nature of a thing as something that gives a clue, an indication"... which it may still be. But I've found "indiziario" is "circumstantial", which doesn't seem to fit here. Any ideas? I might try "circumstantial evidence". Here's my attempt so far:

The Christian appearance [...] corresponds much less to the search for a figurative likeness than to the search for virtue itself made image, that is to say, the search for contact, for circumstantial evidence, for carnal witness, and thus for martyrdom [...].

Thanks,

Peter
Peter Waymel
Italy
Local time: 09:02
indicia
Explanation:
This is almost the same word as indiziareita and I think it's also the meaning you have in mind. Revelatory facts. Conveniently, indicia also is almost the same word as stigmata, which are signifiers, signs.
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mrrafe
United States
Local time: 03:02
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indicia


Explanation:
This is almost the same word as indiziareita and I think it's also the meaning you have in mind. Revelatory facts. Conveniently, indicia also is almost the same word as stigmata, which are signifiers, signs.

mrrafe
United States
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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