orthography
noun
the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
orthographies
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pluralof orthography.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This explains the perhaps alarming mixture of old and modern orthographies which appear in my pages.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
Custom has Latinised the appellations, and as he has rejected obsolete terms in conversation, he has felt it more consistent to reject these more correct, but less familiar, orthographies.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
Edward I., it is very common under the orthographies of fil.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
Their Algonquin name was Mascoutins or Maskoutens. with several other orthographies.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
A large number of their misprints could only have been perpetrated in the midst of the old orthographies.
From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
