lower criticism lower court • lower deck · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · lower criticism · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text. Synonyms: lower criticism. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077