varia lectio
[ wah-ri-ah lek-ti-oh; English vair-ee-uh-lek-shee-oh ]
noun,plural va·ri·ae lec·ti·o·nes [wah-ri-ahy lek-ti-oh-nes; English vair-ee-ee lek-shee-oh-neez]. /ˈwɑ rɪˌaɪ ˌlɛk tɪˈoʊ nɛs; English ˈvɛər iˌi ˌlɛk ʃiˈoʊ niz/. Latin.
a variant reading.
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Nor was it until Caleb had departed that "exorcised" occurred to him as a varia lectio.
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