Chrestomathy

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

  Chrestomathy \Chres*tom"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? useful + ?, ?, to
     learn.]
     A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in
     acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.
     [1913 Webster]