CHRESTOMATHY
\kɹɛstˈɒməθɪ], \kɹɛstˈɒməθɪ], \k_ɹ_ɛ_s_t_ˈɒ_m_ə_θ_ɪ]\
Definitions of CHRESTOMATHY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.
By Oddity Software
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A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.
By Noah Webster.
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kres-tom'a-thi, n. a book of selections from foreign languages, usually for beginners.--adjs. CHRESTOMATH'IC, -AL. [Gr. chr[=e]stos, useful, mathein, to know.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Collection of choice passages. [Greek]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Henry Percy Smith