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an·thol·o·gy

(ăn-thŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. an·thol·o·gies

1. A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays.

2. A miscellany, assortment, or catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas: "The Irish love their constitution for what it is: an anthology of the clerical-nationalist ideas of 1936" (Economist).

[Medieval Greek anthologiā, collection of epigrams, from Greek, flower gathering, from anthologein, to gather flowers : antho-, antho- + logos, a gathering (from legein, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots).]

an′tho·log′i·cal (ăn′thə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.

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anthology

(ænˈθɒlədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors

2. any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc

[C17: from Medieval Latin anthologia, from Greek, literally: a flower gathering, from anthos flower + legein to collect]

anthological adj

anˈthologist n

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an•thol•o•gy

(ænˈθɒl ə dʒi)

n., pl. -gies.

1. a book or other collection of selected writings, often in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.

2. any collection of selected works, as songs, paintings, etc.

[1630–40; < Latin anthologia < Greek: literally, gathering of flowers. See antho-, -logy]

an•tho•log•i•cal (ˌæn θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.

anthology

a collection of prayers used for solemn feasts in the Orthodox Eastern Church. See also books.

Anthology

a collection of flowers; items culled from literature. See also garland, treasury.

Examples: anthology of causes and effects, 1878; of epigrams; of flowers, 1755; of hymns, 1775; of poems; of pros’ [‘prostitutes’]—Lipton, 1970; of prose.

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Noun

anthology - a collection of selected literary passages

compendium, collection - a publication containing a variety of works

diwan, divan - a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author)

florilegium, miscellany, garland - an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

omnibus - an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

anthology

noun collection, choice, selection, treasury, digest, compilation, garland, compendium, miscellany, analects an anthology of poetry

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Translations

antologie

antologitekstsamling

Anthologie Kranz

antología

anthologie

antologija

antológia

safnrit

antologia crestomazia

antologija

antoloģija

bloemlezing

antologi tekstsamling

antologia

антология

antolojigüldeste

文选诗选集

anthology

[ænˈθɒlədʒɪ] N → antología f

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anthology

[ænˈθɒlədʒi] n [poetry, stories, writings] → anthologie f

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anthology

n → Anthologie f

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anthology

[ænˈθɒlədʒɪ] n → antologia

anthology

(ӕnˈθolədʒi) – plural anˈthologies – noun

a collection of pieces of poetry or prose. an anthology of love poems.

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In conclusion it may be worth while to add the graceful epigram of Alcaeus of Messene ("Palatine Anthology", vii

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