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conflation

[kuhn-fley-shuhn] / kənˈfleɪ ʃən /


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If Dr. Hort's theory of Conflation had been sounder, there would have been no lack of examples.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

It must be borne in mind, that for Conflation two differently-attested phrases or words must be produced which are found in combination in some passage of the Traditional Text.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

Conflation or mixture is utterly incapable of meeting the larger number of cases.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Hence this imputed connexion between the Western and the Traditional Text became the essential part of his framework of Conflation, which could not exist without it.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

And, in fact, that Conflation at least as an extensive process, if not altogether, did not really exist.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward




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