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alexandrinus

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Al⋅ex⋅an⋅dri⋅nus

  [al-ig-zan-dree-nuhs, -drahy-, -zahn-]
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–noun
the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
Compare codex.

Origin:
< L: lit., of Alexandria (Egypt); so called from its origin; see -ine 1
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