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Meaning of ANTHOLOGY

Pronunciation:  an'thâlujee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a collection of selected literary passages
 
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 See Also: collection, compendium, divan, diwan, florilegium, garland, miscellany

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower
gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather.]
1. A discourse on flowers. [R.]
2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]
3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful
   passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams;
   -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek
   epigrams.
4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces
   for the festival services.
 
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 Related Terms: album, ana, analects, aquarium, beauties, body, book of verse, canon, chrestomathy, clippings, collectanea, collected works, collection, compilation, complete works, corpus, cuttings, data, delectus, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, Festschrift, florilegium, flowers, fragments, fund, garden, garland, gleanings, holdings, library, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, museum, omnibus, photograph album, poesy, poetic works, quotation book, raw data, scrapbook, symposium, treasure, zoo
 

 

 

 

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