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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chrestomathy /krɛˈstɒməθi/

▶noun (pl. chrestomathies) formal a selection of passages used to help in learning a language.

– origin C19: from Gk khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos ‘useful’ + -matheia ‘learning’.

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