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DITTOLOGY

\dɪtˈɒləd͡ʒi], \dɪtˈɒləd‍ʒi], \d_ɪ_t_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\

Definitions of DITTOLOGY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

di-tol'o-ji, n. a double reading. [Gr. dittologia--dittos, double, graphein, to write.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Gr.] A double reading or interpretation of a text.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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