varia lectio

[ wah-ri-ah lek-ti-oh; English vair-ee-uh lek-shee-oh ]

noun

, Latin.

, plural va·ri·ae lec·ti·o·nes [wah, -, r, i-ahy lek-ti-, oh, -nes, vair, -ee-ee lek-shee-, oh, -neez].

1. a variant reading.

Example Sentences

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

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