interlinear
Americanadjective
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situated or inserted between lines, as of the lines of print in a book.
a Latin text with interlinear translation.
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having interpolated lines; interlined.
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having the same text in various languages set in alternate lines.
the interlinear Bible.
noun
adjective
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written or printed between lines of text
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written or printed with the text in different languages or versions on alternate lines
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Etymology
Origin of interlinear
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word interlīneāris. See interline 1, -ar 1
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In Your Catholic Language she gives a literal, interlinear translation of the Mass, side instructions that help readers pick up Latin vocabulary and syntax.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both for Americans who have been to England and for those who have never been nearer than Punch, Britannia Waives the Rules will be good interlinear reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stover should go the examination padded with interlinear, friendly aids to translation.
From The Varmint by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
This early gem of biblical literature numbers 160 folios; it contains the Roman Psalter, with a Saxon interlinear translation, written on stout vellum, in a clear, bold hand.
From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Frederick Somner Merryweather
It takes a pitiless avalanche of words to spread these interlinear doings out for you; but you are to conceive that the pause is mine and not the action's.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
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