Hexapla

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

  Hexapla \Hex"a*pla\, n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, contr. ?, sixfold.]
     A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six
     versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of
     the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.
     [1913 Webster]