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noun see: technical Date: 14th century 1. a. the original words and form of a written or printed work, an edited or emended copy of an original work, a work containing such ~, 2. the main body of printed or written matter on a page, the principal part of a book exclusive of front and back matter, the printed score of a musical composition, 3. a. a verse or passage of Scripture chosen especially for the subject of a sermon or for authoritative support (as for a doctrine), a passage from an authoritative source providing an introduction or basis (as for a speech), a source of information or authority, theme , topic , 5. the words of something (as a poem) set to music, matter chiefly in the form of words that is treated as data for processing by computerized equipment , a type suitable for printing running ~, ~book , 8. something (as a story or movie) considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed, something likened to a ~ , frame of reference 2