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schedography

schedography noun: a method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.

Noun

schedography (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.
    • [Michael] Psellus prided himself on restoring the science of Schedography, the bugbear of Anna Comnena—it consisted of the minute grammatical analysis of selected passages—exalting Grammar over Literature, in Anna's opinion—and was still highly popular under the Palæologi. [Manuel] Moschopulus...1933, Steven Runciman, Byzantine Civilization, Cleveland, O.H.; New York, N.Y.: Meridian Books, published 1964, pages 184–185

Origin of schedography

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχεδογραφία (skhedographía), from σχέδος (skhédos, “note, composition”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing, drawing”). Compare Italian schedografico.

Words formed from schedography

Questions about schedography

What does schedography mean?
Schedography means a method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.
What part of speech is schedography?
Schedography is a noun.

Words near schedography in the dictionary

  1. schedj
  2. schedographer
  3. schedographers
  4. schedographic
  5. schedographical
  6. schedography
  7. scheds
  8. scheds.
  9. schedulabilities
  10. schedulability
  11. schedulable

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