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Definition of: obelus
(ob′ə·ləs) noun plural ·li (-lī)
1. A critical mark, as
—or÷, used in ancient manuscripts to designate a suspected reading or to indicate a spurious passage.
2. Printing Obelisk. [<L <Gk. obelos a spit, obelisk, critical mark]
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