Definition of Monostichs

1. monostich [n] - See also: monostich

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monostichs

monospherical
monosporulation
monostable
monostatic
monostele
monosteles
monostelic
monostelies
monostely
monostich
monostichous
monostichs (current term)
monostome
monostotic
monostotic fibrous dysplasia
monostratal
monostratified
monostrophe
monostrophic
monosubstituted
monosubstitution
monosuit
monosuits
monosulcate
monosulfide
monosulfides

Literary usage of Monostichs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms by Charles Augustus Briggs, Emilie Grace Briggs (1906)
"The Refrains are not counted in the Strs. (l) The only apparent monostichs are in alphabetical Pss. : 25, 34, III, 112, 145. ..."

2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Albert Ellery Bergh (1907)
"The character, too, of the poetry of these hymns is singular to us; written in monostichs, each divided into strophe and anti- strophe, the sentiment of the ..."

3. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1898)
"We have 21 verses, in 8 inscriptions, all later than the republic. Group A consists of 4 monostichs closely connected with ..."

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