Definition of Analects

1. Noun. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.

Exact synonyms: Analecta
Generic synonyms: Excerpt, Excerption, Extract, Selection

Definition of Analects

1. n. pl. A collection of literary fragments.

Definition of Analects

1. Noun. A collection of excerpts or quotes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analects

1. selections from a literary work or group of works [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analects

anal sphincters
anal stage
anal triangle
anal valves
anal verge
analagous
analbuminaemia
analbuminemia
analcime
analcimes
analcimic
analcite
analcites
analecta
analectic
analects (current term)
analemma
analemmas
analemmata
analemmatic
analepses
analepsis
analepsy
analept
analeptic
analeptic enema
analeptics
analgesia
analgesia algera
analgesia dolorosa

Literary usage of Analects

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"of the analects lucid and numerous. From the first hundred pages of the Prolegomena the reader will learn more about the great philosopher of China than ..."

2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Confucius Sayings from the analects a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will ; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. ..."

3. Early Chinese History: Are the Chinese Classics Forged? by Herbert James Allen (1906)
"CHAPTER XI THE LUN-YU OR 'analects' THE Lun-yii or 'analects' are 'discourses' chiefly between Confucius and his disciples, though there are certain ..."

4. The Wisdom of the Chinese: Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs by Brian Brown, Ly Hoi-Sang (1920)
"551 BC analects ON GOVERNING v_>HI K'ANG TZU questioned Confucius on a point of government, saying: "Ought not I to cut off the lawless in order to ..."

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