recension
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recension
- /ɹɪˈsɛnʃən/ UK
- /ɹɪˈsɛnʃən/ US
- [ɹ̠ʷɪ̈ˈsɛ̃n(t̚)ʃə̃n] US
- [-ˈsɛ̃n(t̚)ʃn̩] US
Rhymes with -ɛnʃən
Where it comes from
From Latin recēnsiō (“enumeration; review; reassessment”), from recēnseō (“to count, reckon; to examine, review; to go over, revise”), from re- (“again”) (from Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + cēnseō (“to give an opinion; to suppose, think; to assess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱn̥seh₁-, *ḱn̥seye- (“to announce”)).
noun recensions
- A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey. The recenſion of the inhabitants is conſidered, firſt, 'with reſpect to the general population, and to the local diſtribution of them into counties, towns, boroughs, villages, and pariſhes.' Among the conveniences expected from ſuch an annual recenſion, it is obſerved, that 'one might ſee what count
- A critical revision of a text. Of Theon of Alexandria, there remain a recension of Euclid's Elements, Scholia on Aratus, and a Commentary on the Syntaxis of Ptolemy.
- A text established by critical revision. The Śatapatha-Bráhmaṇa has been commented in the Mádhyaṃdina recension by Harisvámin and Sáyaṇa; but their commentaries are so far extant only in a fragmentary form. The Vṛihad-Áraṇyaka has been explained by Dviveda Gan̄ga (of Gujarát); and in the Káṇva recension by Śaṃkara, to whose commentary a nu
- A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts. The existence of two major literary centres in the First Bulgarian Empire led to the emergence of two recensions of Old Church Slavonic: the Bulgarian Recension and the Macedonian Recension.
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Talk about this word "recension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recension. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recension. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recension "recension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recension.Cite this
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title = {recension},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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