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delectus

noun as in canon

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We may almost say that what Herrick borrowed was intrinsically of little more value than the tags from a Latin delectus.

It was an old, well-thumbed Latin Delectus, with one back off, and several leaves gone.

"I caught Lucy pasting the leaves of my Delectus together," murmured Grey, looking at the ceiling.

The conclusion of an epigram of ten lines, ascribed to Seneca in Delectus, pp. 326-7.

In Rome, as we have all read in the Latin Delectus, it was thought that incantations could draw down the moon.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to delectus, such as: oeuvre, ana, analects, anthology, chrestomathy, and classics.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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