literature : Idioms & Phrases


bachelor of literature

  • noun a bachelor's degree in literature
    BLitt.
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comparative literature

  • noun study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)
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master of literature

  • noun a master's degree in literature
    MLitt.
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medical literature analysis and retrieval system

  • noun relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature
    MEDLARS.
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sanskrit literature

  • noun Hindu literature written in Sanskrit
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talmudic literature

  • noun (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings
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vedic literature

  • noun (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
    Veda.
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wisdom literature

  • noun any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom
    wisdom book; sapiential book.
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Yellow-covered literature

  • cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. Colloq. U. S. Bartlett.
Webster 1913