English

Alternative forms

• var. lect., v.l. (abbreviation)

Noun

varia lectio ‎(plural variae lectiones or variæ lectiones)

1. (textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.

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References

• “‖varia lectio” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)