recension
- noun
- /rɪˈsɛnʃən/
- Literature
:
recensión
- However, all three manuscripts demonstrate that the text was copied frequently enough to exist in different recensions within forty-five years of its composition.
Examples
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Various accounts of that conversion are preserved in texts and their recensions from the fifth through the twelfth centuries.
Academic text (2007) -
Questions regarding various recensions or redactions of the books of the kings of Israel are beyond the scope of this study, which is concerned only with their final form.
Academic text (1997) -
I understand that the guy who did the Egyptian recension for Stargate cross-referenced with Coptic vowels where possible.
Blog text (11) -
Although the recension of the saga is late, Hrolfs saga is thus a late medieval saga with links to more ancient literature.
Academic text (1999) -
Like the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA (ACROD), the Byzantine Catholic Church uses a Ruthenian recension of the Byzantine Rite.
Blog text (24) -
Scholars have debated the differences among various recensions of ancient texts to understand their historical context.
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The professor explained that each recension of the manuscript reveals unique interpretations of the original work.
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For his thesis, he analyzed several recensions of the sacred text, highlighting the changes made over centuries.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
A different form of something, like a book or program
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3.0
A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again
A version of a text showing editors' notes and different wordings
An edition of a text that includes notes and versions from several scholars
A different reading of a word or passage found in old handwritten books
A new version of a written text that replaces the first
How Edited
- Jargon
724
2.5
- Literature
1
5.3
10
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
recension = recens + ion
Borrowed as a Latinate nominalization (recens + -ion) where the base 'recens' is not a productive or familiar English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from parts.
Etymology
Recension comes from the Latin recensio and recensere, which meant 'to review' or 'judge again', with re- meaning 'again' and censere meaning 'to judge'. So a recension is a version of a text made after careful review or editing.