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Meaning of "chrestomathy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHRESTOMATHY

From Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos useful + mathein to learn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHRESTOMATHY

chrestomathy  [krɛsˈtɒməθɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRESTOMATHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chrestomathy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHRESTOMATHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chrestomathy

Chrestomathy is a collection of choice literary passages, used especially as an aid in learning a subject. In philology or in the study of literature, it is a type of reader which presents a sequence of example texts, selected to demonstrate the development of language or literary style. It is different from an anthology because of its didactic purpose. In computer programming, a program chrestomathy is a collection of similar programs written in various programming languages, for the purpose of demonstrating differences in syntax, semantics and idioms for each language. This term is thought to have been first used by Eric S. Raymond in the Retrocomputing Museum web site. It is used by analogy to a linguistic chrestomathy.

Definition of chrestomathy in the English dictionary

The definition of chrestomathy in the dictionary is a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHRESTOMATHY


allopathy
əˈlɒpəθɪ
apathy
ˈæpəθɪ
cardiomyopathy
ˌkɑːdɪəʊmaɪˈɒpəθɪ
empathy
ˈɛmpəθɪ
encephalopathy
ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθɪ
enteropathy
ˌentəˈrɒpəθɪ
homeopathy
ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθɪ
homoeopathy
ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθɪ
myelopathy
ˌmaɪəˈlɒpəθɪ
naturopathy
ˌneɪtʃəˈrɒpəθɪ
nephropathy
nɛfˈrɒpəθɪ
neuropathy
njʊˈrɒpəθɪ
opsimathy
ɒpˈsɪməθɪ
osteopathy
ˌɒstɪˈɒpəθɪ
philomathy
fɪlˈɒməθɪ
polymathy
pəˈlɪməθɪ
retinopathy
ˌrɛtɪˈnɒpəθɪ
sympathy
ˈsɪmpəθɪ
telepathy
tɪˈlɛpəθɪ
Timothy
ˈtɪməθɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHRESTOMATHY

chrematist
chrematistic
chrematistics
chresard
chrestomathic
chrestomathical
chrestomathies
Chrimbo
chrism
chrismal
chrismation
chrismatories
chrismatory
chrismon
chrisom

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHRESTOMATHY

adenopathy
antipathy
arthropathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
breathy
cardiopathy
cranial osteopathy
endocrinopathy
heathy
hemoglobinopathy
hydropathy
lathy
lymphadenopathy
myopathy
naprapathy
psychopathy
sociopathy
swathy
tea and sympathy
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Synonyms and antonyms of chrestomathy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chrestomathy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHRESTOMATHY

Find out the translation of chrestomathy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chrestomathy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chrestomathy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

读本
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chrestomathy
570 millions of speakers

English

chrestomathy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chrestomathy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chrestomathy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хрестоматия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Chrestomathy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chrestomathy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chrestomathy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chrestomathy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chrestomathy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chrestomathy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chrestomathy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chrestomathy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chrestomathy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்னிய மொழியில் இருந்து ஒருவரால் தொகுக்கப்பட்ட இலக்கியத் தொகுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्राद्धपदार्थ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

krestomati
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crestomazia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chrestomathy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хрестоматія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crestomație
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Χρηστομάθεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antologie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chrestomathy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chrestomathy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chrestomathy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRESTOMATHY»

The term «chrestomathy» is regularly used and occupies the 103.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHRESTOMATHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chrestomathy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chrestomathy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chrestomathy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRESTOMATHY»

Discover the use of chrestomathy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chrestomathy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mencken Chrestomathy
Edited and annotated by H.L.M., this is a selection from his out-of-print writings.
H.L. Mencken, 2012
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A Coptic grammar: with chrestomathy and glossary : Sahidic ...
Layton avoids all jargon and non-standard legal, scientific or magical texts, in order to provide a carefully explained grammar that is easy to use.
Bentley Layton, 2004
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A Second Mencken Chrestomathy: A New Selection from the ...
Discovered among his private papers and edited by columnist Terry Teachout, this collection is full of the iconoclastic common sense that marked Mencken’s astonishing career as the premier American social critic of the twentieth century.
H. L. Mencken, 2006
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Classical Syriac: A Basic Grammar with a Chrestomathy
In this second edition, obvious errors in the first edition have been corrected, the bibliography has been expanded by six pages, and the presentation has been improved upon.
Takamitsu Muraoka, Sebastian P. Brock, 2005
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Assyrian Grammar with Chrestomathy and Glossary
Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer. * ASSYRIAN GRAMMAR WITH CHRESTOMATHY and GLOSSARY BY SAMUEL A. B..
Samuel Alfred Browne Mercer, 1921
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Coptic grammatical chrestomathy: a course for academic and ...
This collection of selected texts is intended to serve as a means for acquaintance with the elements of Sahidic Coptic grammar, giving the student the competence and confidence which should enable him to deal subsequently with any Coptic ...
Ariel Shisha-Halevy, 1988
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Albanian Grammar: With Exercises, Chrestomathy and Glossaries
Text in English and Albanian, translated from a work originally written in German and Albanian.
Martin Camaj, 1984
8
On stage: a chrestomathy of his plays
Bradbury fans have a bonanza in this edition that brings back into print eleven of Ray Bradbury's most well-known works--the complete contents of three separately published volumes.
Ray Bradbury, 1991
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A Chrestomathy of the Pushtu Or Afghan Language, to which is ...
I think it will not be على انه يريد مساراتها بشأن سلاح المهندس عبدالسلام . amiss to put together some passages of the Chrestomathy with those answering them in Jamal-addrais work تر أورزويجه رسيده عبر كيسوده جهه وهو * ترى نسمه جى وغرز.(82) Pe.
Bernhard Dorn, 1847
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Mummy!: A Chrestomathy of Crypt-ology
An anthology of selections by Tennessee Williams, Edgar Allan Poe, Barry Malzberg, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Bloch, and others focuses on the legend of the embalming arts and on man's lasting belief in life after death
Bill Pronzini, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRESTOMATHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chrestomathy is used in the context of the following news items.
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A couple of summer offerings
I will only be giving away a little if I reveal that the centerpiece of the miniature chrestomathy is a tidbit from the Declaration of Independence. «PJ Media, Jul 15»
2
ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri
Chrestomathy?). So I am already primed to be Scaliesque (i.e. cranky old man with a sesquipedalian vocabulary) by the time I actually find the ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
Racket 6.2 Released
In case you don't know - Rosetta Code is “a programming chrestomathy site”. The idea behind it is that the site has a list of hundreds of tasks, ... «iProgrammer, Jun 15»
4
1st Free Tibet Literary Award ceremony held in Taipei, Capital of …
Since many of the pieces are qualified, the judges from the both genres donated to have one more chrestomathy in each. The participants are ... «Tibet Post International, Jun 15»
5
Nearly 200 attend EP Gives
The foundation awarded nearly $34,000 in grants to 13 organizations — CHOICE Inc.; Chrestomathy; city of Eden Prairie Recreation, Housing ... «SW News Media, Apr 15»
6
St George: patron saint of England, patronised by all
Every page of this crammed chrestomathy of Georgiana had me entertained or bursting to disagree. Samantha Riches falls into academese ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
7
Spring cleaning: Can you narrow your book collection down to 30 …
Chrestomathy,” by the way, is a fancy word for anthology, and it's what Mencken chose as the title for this collection of some of his best work. «Christian Science Monitor, Apr 15»
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Learning a second programming language? Try these 5 sites
Easily the largest, most robustly annotated, and consistently useful site of its kind, Rosetta Code is described as a "programming chrestomathy" ... «InfoWorld, Oct 14»
9
Printing and Process: A Report from the NY Art Book Fair Conference
The hand-printed volume was a chrestomathy, meant to teach others the way of zaum and shut his protestors up. Each edition was transcribed ... «Hyperallergic, Oct 14»
10
You?re in Denial if You Think Steve Israel Is Wrong About GOP …
Here's a little chrestomathy of some of them. If you follow the news closely, you know that hardly a…not quite a week, but let's say hardly a ... «Daily Beast, Apr 14»

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