saying
Webster 1828
SA'YING, participle present tense Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; reciting.SA'YING, noun 1. An expression; a sentence uttered; a declaration.Moses fled at this saying Acts 7:26.Cicero treasured up the sayings of Scaevola.2. A proverbial expression. Many are the sayings of the wise