selecta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of selecta
C20: phonetic rendering of selector
Example Sentences
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The important task of publishing them in that manner was at length undertaken by Dom Ruinart, a Maurist monk, in his Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Possevinus published a Bibliotheca selecta and Apparatus sacer—of the former of which, the Cologne edition of 1607, folio, and of the latter, that of 1608, are esteemed the most complete.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Carmina uagorum selecta in usum laetitiae, Leipzig, 1879, p.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
As we are upon publications treating of Typography, we may notice the "Annalium Typographicorum selecta qu�dam capita," Hamb.,
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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