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leonine verse

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noun

  1. a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.

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A treatise on the preservation of health in leonine verse for popular use, said to be addressed to Robert of England.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

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