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Webster 1913 Edition
Recension
Re-cen′sion
(rē̍-sĕn′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
recensio
: cf. F. recension
.] 1.
The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Barrow.
2.
Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
3.
The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recension
RECEN'SION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
recension
recension
See also: recensión
English
Noun
recension (plural recensions)
- A critical revision of a text.
- A text established by critical revision.
- A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.
- The existence of two major literary centres in the First Bulgarian Empire led to the emergence of two recensions of Old Church Slavonic: the Bulgarian Recension and the Macedonian Recension.
- The Russian recension of Old Church Slavonic emerged after the 10th century and was characterized by the substitution of /u/ for the nasal sound /õ/.
Translations
a critical revision of a text
a text established by critical revision
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Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
recension c
Declension
| Inflection of recension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | recension | recensionen | recensioner | recensionerna |
| Genitive | recensions | recensionens | recensioners | recensionernas |
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References
- Recension in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)