Definition of Textual matter

1. Noun. The words of something written. "He wants to reconstruct the original text"

Exact synonyms: Text
Specialized synonyms: Column, Cookie, Copy, Written Matter, Draft, Draft Copy, Electronic Text, Installment, Instalment, Letter, Missive, Line, Lipogram, Language, Lyric, Words, Stanza
Generic synonyms: Matter
Terms within: Word Order, Book, Chapter, Foreword, Preface, Prolusion, Paragraph, Passage
Group relationships: Publication
Derivative terms: Textual

Lexicographical Neighbors of Textual Matter

texton
textons
textonym
textonyms
textorial
textphone
textphones
texts
textshop
textshops
textspeak
textspeaks
textual criticism
textual matter (current term)
textualisable
textualisation
textualisations
textualise
textualised
textualises
textualising
textualism
textualist
textualists
textualities
textuality
textualizable
textualization

Literary usage of Textual matter

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... tue discrepancies of different versions would chiefly consist in various readings of single words or in the different arrangement of the textual matter. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the discrepancies of different versions would chiefly consist in various readings of single words or in the different arrangement of the textual matter. ..."

3. A Bibliography Relating to the Geology, Paleontology, and Mineral Resources by Anthony Wayne Vogdes, California State Mining Bureau (1904)
"... 1901, 1902; California mineral statistics and certain textual matter relating to California mineral substances, in annual reports of Albert Williams, ..."

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