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 Word Forms

• recensionist 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

Lastly it should be recollected that the entire body of the fragments of tradition and literature belonging to northern Israel has come down to us through the channel of Judaean recensions.

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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 
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