corrigendum
Americannoun
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corrigenda
plural
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an error to be corrected, especially an error in print.
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corrigenda, a list of corrections of errors in a book or other publication.
noun
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an error to be corrected
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Also called: erratum. (sometimes plural) a slip of paper inserted into a book after printing, listing errors and corrections
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Etymology
Origin of corrigendum
1840–50; < Latin: literally, (something) to be corrected (neuter gerund of corrigere ); see correct
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Expressing his innermost thought, that religion exists to make men better, and that the ethical quality of dogma constitutes its value, he once said: "Tantum valet quantum ad corrigendum, purgandum, sanctificandum hominem confert."
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
At times the book is clotted with corrigenda, but it tells the ghastly and glorious old story with new vigor and delight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps there may be placed in the last section parts of a sheet—the title, addenda, corrigenda, frontispiece, diagrams, &c.
From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
There is no reference to these corrigenda in the B. G. edition.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel
Yet another magazine recurs pleasantly to my mind, because of the warning which was inscribed on one's proof-sheet—"The cost of corrigenda will be deducted from honoraria."
From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell
These last are to be regarded either as old textual variants, or, more probably, as emendations corresponding to the errata or corrigenda of a modern printed book.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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