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varia lectio

American  
[wah-ri-ah lek-ti-oh, vair-ee-uh lek-shee-oh] / ˈwɑ rɪˌɑ ˈlɛk tɪˌoʊ, ˈvɛər i ə ˈlɛk ʃiˌoʊ /

noun

Latin.

PLURAL

variae lectiones

  1. a variant reading.

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Variant. var. lect., varia lectio= Varying reading.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor was it until Caleb had departed that "exorcised" occurred to him as a varia lectio.

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