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variae lectiones

UK/ˈvɛəɹɪiː.lɛktɪˈəʊniːz/

variae lectiones is the plural 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 variae lectiones

alternative formvv.ll.

Origin of variae lectiones

Latin: variae (feminine plural form of varius, “different”) + lectiōnēs (“readings”, plural form of lectiō, “a reading”) = “different readings”

Questions about variae lectiones

What is variae lectiones the plural of?
Variae lectiones is the plural of varia lectio.
How do you pronounce variae lectiones?
Variae lectiones is pronounced /ˈvɛəɹɪiː.lɛktɪˈəʊniːz/ (UK).

Words near variae lectiones in the dictionary

  1. variacin
  2. variacs
  3. variad
  4. variadic
  5. variadics
  6. variae lectiones
  7. Variag
  8. Variags
  9. varial
  10. varials
  11. variametric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: variae lectiones (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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