Recension

What do we mean by recension?

A critical revision of a text incorporating the most plausible elements found in varying sources. noun

A text so revised. noun

Review; examination; enumeration. noun

A critical or methodical revision, as of the text of a book or document; alteration of a text according to some authority, standard, or principle; a reëditing or systematic revisal. noun

A text established by critical or systematic revision; an edited version. noun

A critical examination, as of a book; a review; a critique. noun

The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. noun

Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment. noun

The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version. noun

A critical revision of a text noun

A text established by critical revision noun

A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to recension:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe recension:
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Words that sound like recension:
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