recension
Americannoun
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an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
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a version of a text resulting from such revision.
noun
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a critical revision of a literary work
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a text revised in this way
Other Word Forms
- recensionist noun
Etymology
Origin of recension
1630–40; < Latin recēnsiōn- (stem of recēnsiō ) a reviewing, equivalent to recēns ( ēre ) ( re- re- + cēnsēre to estimate, assess) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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There is also an early Arabic recension, but its relation to the Hebrew and to the Arabic 2 Maccabees is still obscure.
From Project Gutenberg
Some restraint thus was exercised, and this provision was retained in the recension of the code in 1415.
From Project Gutenberg
A book, De miraculis, composed of extracts from Bede, was appended along with these three epistles to the later recensions of the Historia.
From Project Gutenberg
The whole verse is omitted in the unrevised Septuagint, but in a later recension the number thirty is inserted.”
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Although, no doubt, of Hesiodic origin, in its present form it is composed of different recensions and numerous later additions and interpolations.
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