analecta

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analecta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Analects \An"a*lects\ ([a^]n"[.a]*l[e^]kts), Analecta
  \An`a*lec"ta\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]k"t[.a]), n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta
     fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.]
     A collection of literary fragments.
     [1913 Webster]

analecta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  analecta
      n 1: a collection of excerpts from a literary work [syn:
           analects, analecta]