Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-THOL'O-GY
AN-THO-LOG'IC-ALAN'THO-NY'S-FIRE
AN-THOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. ανθος, a flower, and λογος, a discourse, or λογια, a collection.]
- A discourse on flowers.
- A collection of beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams. In the Greek church, a collection of devotional pieces. – Encyc.
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