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or⋅thog⋅ra⋅phy

  [awr-thog-ruh-fee]
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–noun, plural -phies for 3–5.
1. the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
2. the part of language study concerned with letters and spelling.
3. a method of spelling, as by the use of an alphabet or other system of symbols; spelling.
4. a system of such symbols: Missionaries provided the first orthography for the language.
5. an orthographic projection, or an elevation drawn by means of it.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME ortografye < L orthographia correct writing, orthogonal projection < Gk orthographía. See ortho-, -graphy
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or·thog·ra·phy   (ôr-thŏg'rə-fē)   
n.   pl. or·thog·ra·phies

  1. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.

  3. A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.

or·thog'ra·pher, or·thog'ra·phist n.
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orthography 
"correct or proper spelling," c.1450, from M.Fr. orthographie (O.Fr. ortografie, 13c.), from L. orthographia, from Gk. orthos "correct" + root of graphein "to write."
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