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analects
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun analects has 1 sense
- analects(n = noun.communication) analecta - a collection of excerpts from a literary work; Array is a kind of excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
CIDE DICTIONARY
analects, n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.].
A collection of literary fragments. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
analects, n.pl. (also analecta) a collection of short literary extracts.
Etymology
L f. Gk analekta things gathered f. analego pick up
THESAURUS
analects
Festschrift, adage, album, ana, anthology, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, beauties, byword, canon, catchword, chrestomathy, clippings, collectanea, collected sayings, collected works, collection, compilation, complete works, current saying, cuttings, delectus, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, excerpta, excerpts, expression, extracts, florilegium, flowers, fragments, garden, garland, gleanings, gnome, golden saying, maxim, miscellanea, miscellany, moral, mot, motto, omnibus, oracle, photograph album, phrase, pithy saying, posy, precept, prescript, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, quotation book, saw, saying, scrapbook, sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra, symposium, teaching, text, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom
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