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New Latin

noun

  1. the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. : NL, NL., N.L.


New Latin

noun

  1. the form of Latin used since the Renaissance, esp for scientific nomenclature Also calledNeo-Latin


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The third edition, by Xylander, in 1570, was also a repetition of the text of Aldus; but a new Latin translation accompanied it.

On its stump there was erected in 1897 a new Latin cross to commemorate the jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Again, in 1462 a new Latin Bible issued from their workshops in two folio volumes.

It is impossible to learn how many pilgrims from the West made their permanent homes in the new Latin principalities.

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