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Definition of Conflation
1. n. A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
Definition of Conflation
1. Noun. A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. ¹
2. Noun. A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conflation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conflation
Literary usage of Conflation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon, Edward Miller (1896)
"conflation AND THE SO-CALLED NEUTRAL TEXT. SOME of the most courteous of our critics,
... Dr. Hort's theory of ' conflation ' may be discovered on pp. ..."
2. The Sources of Luke's Passion-narrative by Alfred Morris Perry (1920)
"First, it must be observed that interpolation or conflation can be proved only
when it is clumsily done; but there are sufficient instances of conflation of ..."
3. The Revision Revised: Three Articles Reprinted from the Quarterly Review. 1 by John William Burgon (1883)
"Let us however without more delay be shown those specimens of ' conflation' which,
in Dr. Hort's judgment, supply ' the clearest evidence' (p. ..."
4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"All are attempts to get rid of abruptness, and perhaps the reading of A C2 etc.
is a conflation of SB etc. with Syr-Sin, and Arm. D omits ..."
5. The New Testament in the original Greek by Brooke Foss Westcott, Fenton John Anthony Hort (1896)
"Before proceeding however to examine some examples of this kind, it may be well
to notice a few illustrations of the phenomenon of ' conflation' in its ..."
6. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Revelation of St. John by Robert Henry Charles (1920)
"... which may be either a conflation of the above two or else a correction of the
latter. ... conflation ..."
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