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A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is
written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a
paraphrase, annotation, or commentary. |
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The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. |
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A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the
subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. |
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Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument,
literary composition, or the like; topic; theme. |
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A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a
kind of type used in printing; as, German text. |
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To write in large characters, as in text hand. |
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