Analects

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Analects \An"a*lects\ ([a^]n"[.a]*l[e^]kts), Analecta
  \An`a*lec"ta\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]k"t[.a]), n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta
     fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.]
     A collection of literary fragments.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  analects
       n : a collection of excerpts from a literary work [syn: {analecta}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "analects":
     Festschrift, adage, album, ana, anthology, aphorism, apothegm,
     axiom, beauties, byword, canon, catchword, chrestomathy, clippings,
     collectanea, collected sayings, collected works, collection,
     compilation, complete works, current saying, cuttings, delectus,
     dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, excerpta, excerpts, expression,
     extracts, florilegium, flowers, fragments, garden, garland,
     gleanings, gnome, golden saying, maxim, miscellanea, miscellany,
     moral, mot, motto, omnibus, oracle, photograph album, phrase,
     pithy saying, posy, precept, prescript, proverb, proverbial saying,
     proverbs, quotation book, saw, saying, scrapbook, sentence,
     sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra, symposium,
     teaching, text, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying,
     witticism, word, words of wisdom