Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Greek text of the New Testament that became standard in printed editions from the 1500s to the end of the 1800s.
- noun The text of a written work that is generally considered genuine or original.
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- noun The succession of
printed Greek texts of theNew Testament which constituted thetranslation base for various early versions of theBible in Western and CentralEurope .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin, received text : textus, text + receptus, past participle of recipere, to receive.]
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Latin, meaning "received text".
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