Alexandrinus

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[al-ig-zan-dree-nuhs, -drahy-, -zahn-] / ˌæl ɪg zænˈdri nəs, -ˈdraɪ-, -zɑn- /

noun

1. the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.

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Etymology

Origin of Alexandrinus

< Latin: literally, of Alexandria (Egypt); so called from its origin; see -ine ¹

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Alexandrinus

Next oldest biblical text is the Codex Alexandrinus of the late 4th or 5th Century, now possessed by the British Museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Pauline Epistles that to the Hebrews immediately follows the second to the Thessalonians in the four great Codices Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi92: in the copy from which the Cod.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Clemens Alexandrinus says that behind the hangings of the Egyptian temples were hidden their “foolish images.”

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

They are not found, for example, in the Codex Alexandrinus.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

Subsequently even the Christian church received from it some of the most eminent of its Fathers, as Clemens Alexandrinus, Origen, Athanasius, &c.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.