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positurae

positurae is the plural of positura.

Meaning of positura

Noun

positura (plural positurae)

  1. A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.
    • The positurae mark those pauses in the text which require the celebrant to inflect the recitation tone[…]1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Plates and Commentaries, page 197

Questions about positurae

What is positurae the plural of?
Positurae is the plural of positura.

Words near positurae in the dictionary

  1. positronium hydride
  2. positroniums
  3. positrons
  4. posits
  5. positura
  6. positurae
  7. positure
  8. positures
  9. positutely
  10. POSIWID
  11. POSIX

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