Lexicographical Neighbors of Octonaries
Literary usage of Octonaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1872)
"M ade is tbis Psalme: by Alphabets: in octonaries folde, A 11 letters two : and
twentie set: as ..."
2. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1814)
"... And blesse his name most liberall. A Preface to the Psalme 119. Made is this
psalme by alphabete in octonaries folde, All letters two and twentie set, ..."
3. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1874)
"And the grouping into octonaries of verses signifies on the one hand this
blessedness, summed up in the eight beatitudes, while the day of the new creation ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1862)
"If then we sing psalms by octonaries at the hours it is 70 because we exult in
the glory of the Resurrection. Moreover at each of the hours is thrice said ..."
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