adversaria

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adversaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adversaria \Ad`ver*sa"ri*a\, n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc.
     scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.]
     A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections;
     a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
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           These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's
           adversaria.                              --Bp. Bull.
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