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Definition of: syllabary
(sil′ə·ber′ē) noun plural ·bar·ies
A list of characters representing syllables; the syllabic characters, collectively, of a language, as Chinese or Japanese, answering the function of an alphabet in writing. [<NL syllabarium, neut. of Med. L syllabarius <syllaba SYLLABLE]
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