Usually means: Harder reading is more authentic.
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  1. lectio difficilior: Dictionary.com
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  3. lectio difficilior: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  4. lectio difficilior: Wiktionary

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noun:  (textual criticism) The more difficult reading, held to be the more likely when faced with two manuscripts that disagree on a particular reading, according to the principle of lectio difficilior potior.

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