˜yÐÄvlog

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excerpta

[ ik-surp-tuh ]

plural noun

  1. short selections or pieces of writing, especially summary statements or parts of a longer work.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excerpta1

1630–40; < Latin, noun use of neuter plural past participle of excerpere. See excerpt
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Example Sentences

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Excerpta ex Abulfeda apud Schultens, cap. xxvii. p.

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Especially important are the Excerpta ex Theodoto, the author of which is certainly Clement, which are verbally extracted from Gnostic writings, and have almost the value of original sources.

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Much more material is to be found in the original Gnostic writings, especially in the Pistis-Sophia and the two books of Ieu, and again in the Excerpta ex Theodoto, the Acts of Thomas, and here and there also in the pseudo-Clementine writings.

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This most precious excerpta he continued to read and devoutly study with great profit and comfort.

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His letter of challenge, in which he terms the king of England his sovereign lord, is printed in the Excerpta Historica, 1831, p.

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