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tekst, n. the original words of an author: that on which a comment is written: a pa age of Scripture on which a sermon is supposed to be based.— ns. Text′-book , a book containing the leading principles of a science; Text′-hand , a large hand in writing—so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in large-hand; Text′-man , Tex′tūalist , one ready in citing Scripture texts: one who adheres to the text.— adj. Tex′tūal , pertaining to, or contained in, the text: serving for a text.— adv. Tex′tually .— ns. Tex′tuary , a textualist; Tex′tus , the authoritative text, esp. of the Bible.— Textus recept us , the received text of the Greek Testament. [L. text us — texĕre , textum , to weave.]