excerpta

American  

[ik-surp-tuh] / ɪkˈsɜrp tə /

plural noun

1. short selections or pieces of writing, especially summary statements or parts of a longer work.

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Etymology

Origin of excerpta

1630–40; < Latin, noun use of neuter plural past participle of excerpere. See excerpt

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Example Sentences

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excerpta

To be sure, the excerpta are Apician enough in character, though only a few correspond to, or are actual duplicates of, the Apician precepts.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling

The last extract may illustrate the progress of Anabaptism, under the Parliamentary rule, and serves by way of curious sequel to the preceding excerpta.

From Notes and Queries, Number 03, November 17, 1849 by Various

This most precious excerpta he continued to read and devoutly study with great profit and comfort.

From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by M. N. Olmsted

We might add here that Schuch’s edition of Apicius, apart from the unwarranted inclusion of the excerpta of Vinidarius is the least reliable of all editions.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling

Many of the choice excerpta were new to me.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

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