Usually means: Collections of selected literary passages.
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  1. chrestomathies: Merriam-Webster
  2. chrestomathies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chrestomathies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chrestomathies: Vocabulary.com
  5. chrestomathies: Wiktionary
  6. chrestomathies: Dictionary.com
  7. chrestomathies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chrestomathy)

noun:  A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.
noun:  A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.
▸ Also see chrestomathy


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