Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by measurement by stichs or lines; stating the number of lines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
stichometry ; characterized bystichs , orlines .
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Examples
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It is found with the Epistle of Barnabas at the end of the New Testament in the great Siniatic Bible Aleph (fourth century), and between the Acts of the Apostles and the Acts of Paul in the stichometrical list of the Codex Claromontanus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The old stichometrical lists and ancient ecclesiastical writings
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The canon therefore excludes the Apocalypse and all the Catholic Epistles; in this it agrees with Aphraates, Theodore of Mopsuestia, the Syriac stichometrical list of Cod.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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A stichometrical list, probably made in 354, of the Books of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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