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v.l.

v.l. is the abbreviation of varia lectio.

Meaning of varia lectio

Noun

varia lectio (plural variae lectiones or (obsolete) variæ lectiones)

  1. (textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.

Forms of v.l.

pluralvv.ll.

Questions about v.l.

What is v.l. the abbreviation of?
V.l. is the abbreviation of varia lectio.

Words near v.l. in the dictionary

  1. v.gr.
  2. v.i.
  3. V.I.P.
  4. V.I.P.s
  5. V.J.
  6. v.l.
  7. V.O.C.
  8. V.O.F.
  9. V.R.
  10. v.s.
  11. V.S.O.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: v.l. (page history and authors); varia lectio (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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