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

These supposed places of sepulture were so numerous, that Clemens Alexandrinus tells us, they were not to be counted.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

There are passages cited by Justin Martyr, Clemens Alexandrinus, and others which are not found in those tragedies now extant.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

For, as Dionysius Alexandrinus saith in his De situ orbis, it may by spinning be made comparable to the spider’s web.

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison

Neither Justin Martyr, in his dialogue with Trypho the Jew; nor Clemens Alexandrinus, who made so many extracts from ancient authors; nor Origen against Celsus, have ever mentioned this testimony.

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Logan Mitchell