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from The Century Dictionary.
- Selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors; a title for a collection of choice extracts. See
analect .
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- noun a collection of excerpts from a literary work
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anydelirium commented on the word analecta
Literary gleanings.
"My journals of collected quotes could be described as analecta."
March 1, 2008
seanahan commented on the word analecta
The only variant I can recall seeing of this is in the analects of Confucius.
March 1, 2008