Meaning of ANTHOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | an'thâlujee
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[n] a collection of selected literary passages |
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ANTHOLOGY is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | collection, compendium, divan, diwan, florilegium, garland, miscellany | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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