Definition of Chrestomathy. Meaning of Chrestomathy. Synonyms of Chrestomathy

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Definition of Chrestomathy

Chrestomathy
Chrestomathy Chres*tom"a*thy, n. [Gr. ?; ? useful + ?, ?, to learn.] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Meaning of Chrestomathy from wikipedia

- A chrestomathy (/krɛˈstɒməθi/ kreh-STOM-ə-thee; from the Ancient Gr**** χρηστομάθεια khrēstomátheia 'desire of learning', from χρηστός khrēstós 'useful'...
- A Chrestomathy is a retrospective two-CD compilation of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1992. Its liner notes explain the title: "CHRES-TO-MA-THY: a...
- fragments, their content is known from a summary included in Proclus' Chrestomathy. The authorship of the Cyclic Epics is uncertain. It is generally thought...
- do chemists. In the same article, which he re-printed in the Mencken Chrestomathy, Mencken primarily contrasts what real scientists do, which is to simply...
- Elijah Coleman Bridgman and Samuel Wells Williams in their Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect (1841) were the progenitors of a long-lived lineage...
- Rosetta Code is a wiki-based programming chrestomathy website with implementations of common algorithms and solutions to various programming problems in...
- Verlagsbuchhandlung. [translated to English as Syriac grammar with bibliography, chrestomathy and glossary, by R. S. Kennedy. London: Williams & Norgate 1889. p. 5]...
- tutor of Marcus Aurelius, possibly author of the Chrestomathy Proclus, author of the Chrestomathy, a lost summary of the ancient Gr**** Epic Cycle Proclus...
- Verlagsbuchhandlung. [translated to English as Syriac grammar with bibliography, chrestomathy and glossary, by R. S. Kennedy. London: Williams & Norgate 1889. p. 5]...
- other epics). The summary is, in turn, an excerpt from a longer work, Chrestomathy, written by a "Proclus." This is known from evidence provided by the...