About The Word Anthology
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Anthology
Anthology Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Anthology?
[n] a collection of selected literary passages
Synonyms | Synonyms for Anthology: Related Terms | Find terms related to Anthology: album | ana | analects | aquarium | beauties | body | book of verse | canon | chrestomathy | clippings | collectanea | collected works | collection | compilation | complete works | corpus | cuttings | data | delectus | excerpta | excerpts | extracts | Festschrift | florilegium | flowers | fragments | fund | garden | garland | gleanings | holdings | library | menagerie | miscellanea | miscellany | museum | omnibus | photograph album | poesy | poetic works | quotation book | raw data | scrapbook | symposium | treasure | zoo See Also | collection | compendium | divan | diwan | florilegium | garland | miscellany Anthology In Webster's Dictionary \An*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower
gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather.]
1. A discourse on flowers. [R.]
2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]
3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful
passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams;
-- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek
epigrams.
4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces
for the festival services.
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