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recension
[ ri-sen-shuhn ]
noun
- an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- a version of a text resulting from such revision.
recension
/ rɪˈsɛnʃən /
noun
- a critical revision of a literary work
- a text revised in this way
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- re·cension·ist noun
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Origin of recension1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recension1
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Example Sentences
Barclay, totally unable to account for Paul's sudden recension from his aloofness, nevertheless secretly rejoiced.
The author of this recension had little regard for the metre of his original; ll.
Lepsius translated from the Turin papyrus; Budge bases his translations on what is called the Theban recension.
This parable, tho it has a Q sound in the first verse, is too long for any recension of that document.
But if Luke derived them from any written source, they are exactly such sayings as would have found a place in his recension of Q.
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