textus receptus

[ tek-stuhs ri-sep-tuhs ]

noun

1. a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.

Word History and Origins

Origin of textus receptus¹

1855–60; < New Latin: received text

Example Sentences

Is this one of the cases of “painful uncertainty” which has induced the Religious Tract Society and Dr. Tischendorf to wish to set aside the textus receptus altogether?

From Project Gutenberg

Thus we find that Didymus, writing in the time of Cicero, does not quote the readings of Aristarchus as we should quote a textus receptus.

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This fact was perfectly evident upon examination, because these treatises were found to give evidence for the Textus Receptus in the proportion of about 6:1, whereas the other books of St. Basil yielded according to a ratio of about 8:3.

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In the latter edition of the Elzevirs, issued in 1633, occurred for the first time the widely-used expression “Textus Receptus.”

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First, be it understood, that we do not advocate perfection in the Textus Receptus.

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