Definition of Realia

1. Noun. Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples; especially, such objects used as instructional or classroom aids. ¹

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Definition of Realia

1. objects used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Realia

real storage
real stuff
real superhero
real superheroes
real tennis
real thing
real time
real valued
real vector space
real world
realer
reales
realest
realgar
realgars
realia (current term)
realign
realigned
realigner
realigners
realigning
realignment
realignments
realigns
realine
realis
realis mood
realisability
realisable
realisation

Literary usage of Realia

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

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"As regards the " vota realia," the reader may consult the comments of Ulpian in the Digest (fr. 2, D. 50, tit. ..."

2. German Letters on English Education by Ludwig Adolf Wiese, Leonhard Schmitz (1877)
"... Schools—Plan of Instruction— National Games and Physical Exercises—The Ancient Languages and Practical Subjects (realia)—Instruction in Natural Science ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"In the accompanying sketch the teeth of realia rubens are represented considerably further apart than they occur on the Lingual teeth of realia ..."

4. Nomenclature of Molluscous Animals and Shells in the Collection of the by William Baird (1850)
"realia. Operculum thin, few-whorled, horny. — Shell globose, turbinate ... straight, or somewhat expanded, with margins approximated. realia Gray, Syn. ..."

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