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Lincolniana

American  
[ling-koh-nee-an-uh, -ah-nuh, ling-kuh-] / lɪŋˌkoʊ niˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə, ˌlɪŋ kə- /

plural noun

  1. materials pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, as objects, writings, or anecdotes.


Etymology

Origin of Lincolniana

First recorded in 1920–25; Lincoln + -iana

Example Sentences

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In a 2009 panel discussion about collecting Lincolniana sponsored by the presidential library in honor of Lincoln’s birth bicentennial, Taper recalled buying a note allegedly penned by President Lincoln.

From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2020

Lincolniana became a family devotion carried through five generations.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2020

Does a collection of Lincolniana need five dozen playbills, letters and lithographs belonging to Junius Brutus Booth, the father of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, who died eight years before Lincoln became president?

From Fox News • Dec. 22, 2018

He found himself in bookstores between tables full of “Twilight” novels and those piled high with Lincolniana.

From New York Times • May 9, 2011

It thus happened that I became the personal depositary of the larger part of the most valuable Lincolniana in existence.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

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