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Definition of Chrestomathies
1. chrestomathy [n] - See also: chrestomathy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrestomathies
Literary usage of Chrestomathies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1839)
"The Arabic chrestomathies seem to be intended to furnish specimens of the most
... They are any thing but chrestomathies. Doubtless De Sacy, Kosegarten and ..."
2. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1839)
"chrestomathies have, not unfrequently, belied their name. ... The Arabic
chrestomathies seem to be intended to furnish specimens of the most elegant ..."
3. Handbook of the Roman Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey, Moses Aaron Dropsie (1883)
"chrestomathies or selections of the most important passages from the sources ...
1, Berlin, 1829, 8vo, or chrestomathies, containing the principal passages ..."
4. Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries by James Christian Meinich Hanson, American Library Association, Library Association (1908)
"Enter excerpts (selections) and chrestomathies from a single author under that
author, with added entry or reference under the compiler. ..."
5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1855)
"These re* marks apply to the chrestomathies of Oberleitner, Rb'diger, &c, \ but
those of Michaelis, Tychsen, Seyffarth, and Halm, form an exception to this ..."
6. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1866)
"chrestomathies, or Extracts from Strabo, fill the remainder of the 26th page.
This is the seventh article in the Palatine list, and the last of those in the ..."
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