recension

[ ri-sen-shuhn ]

noun

1. an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
2. a version of a text resulting from such revision.

recension

/ rɪˈsɛnʃən /

noun

1. a critical revision of a literary work
2. a text revised in this way

Other Words From

• re·cension·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recension¹

1630–40; < Latin recēnsiōn- (stem of recēnsiō ) a reviewing, equivalent to recēns ( ēre ) ( re- re- + cēnsēre to estimate, assess) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of recension¹

C17: from Latin recēnsiō , from recēnsēre to survey, from re- + cēnsēre to assess

Example Sentences

There is also an early Arabic recension, but its relation to the Hebrew and to the Arabic 2 Maccabees is still obscure.

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Some restraint thus was exercised, and this provision was retained in the recension of the code in 1415.

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A book, De miraculis, composed of extracts from Bede, was appended along with these three epistles to the later recensions of the Historia.

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The whole verse is omitted in the unrevised Septuagint, but in a later recension the number thirty is inserted.”

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Although, no doubt, of Hesiodic origin, in its present form it is composed of different recensions and numerous later additions and interpolations.

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Related Words

• alteration
• amendment
• improvement
• modification
• reconsideration
• reexamination
• review