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hexa·pla (hek′sə plə)

noun

  1. an edition having six versions arranged in parallel columns
  2. Origen's edition of the Old Testament

Etymology: Gr (ta) hexapla, title of Origen's edition, lit., sixfold, neut. pl. of hexaploos, < hex, six + base -plo- < IE base *pel-, *plo- > fold

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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