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haplography

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haplography [hæpˈlɒgrəfɪ]
n pl -phies
(Linguistics) the accidental writing of only one letter or syllable where there should be two similar letters or syllables, as in spelling endodontics as endontics
[from Greek, from haplous single + -graphy]

haplography
the accidental omission in writing or copying of one or more adjacent and similar letters, syllables, words, or lines, as tagme for tagmeme.
See also: Writing


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The easiest solution was offered by Hildebrand: fana <ac> caerimonias: it is very likely that the scribe omitted ac by haplography of the final a of fana and the first c of caerimonias.
 
 
 
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