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Alexandrinus en · PROPN

Etymology

Literally "of Alexandria." The Codex Alexandrinus got its name from its historical association with the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for Codex Alexandrinus; a 5th-century manuscript written in Greek uncial script that contains the majority of the Old and New Testaments; one of the earliest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Bible.

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