excerpta

[ ik-surp-tuh ]

/ ɪkˈsɜrp tə /

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plural noun

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

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Origin of excerpta

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

Words nearby excerpta

exceptionalism, exceptionality, exceptionally, exceptive, excerpt, excerpta, excess, excess baggage, excess demand, excess insurance, excessive

How to use excerpta in a sentence

This most precious excerpta he continued to read and devoutly study with great profit and comfort.
Walks and Words of Jesus|M. N. Olmsted
Historica qudam excerpta ex veteri stemmate genealogico Regum Franci.
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John|Isaac Newton
Schuch incorporated the excerpta with his Apicius, placing the formulæ in what he believed to be the proper order.
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome|Apicius
M. Ihm, who faithfully reprinted the excerpta in the Archiv f. lat.
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome|Apicius

It is furthermore interesting to note that the excerpta, too, are silent about Cœlius.
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome|Apicius