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obelus

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒbɪləs/Sorted belosuStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A mark such as a dagger or division sign used in texts or notation.

Used in a sentence

  • He, therefore, publiſhed another edition. In this he made few alterations in the text itſelf, but ſhewed by obeluſes and aſteriſks, where it differed from the Septuagint, or the Hebrew.
  • The text of the Philoxenian as revised by Thomas [of Harqel] is furnished with obeli and asterisks. Most of the MSS. too have critical remarks and readings in the margin.
  • The critical marks introduced by Origen were retained in the Syro-Hexapla, so that every page contained asterisks and obeli: [...]

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