recension
Pronunciation:
/ɹɪ̈ˈsɛnʃ(ə)n//ɹɪ̈ˈsɛnʃ(ə)n/noun
Definitions
A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.
A critical revision of a text.
A text established by critical revision.
A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a language which is used in such manuscripts.
Example: The Russian recension of Old Church Slavonic emerged after the 10th century and was characterized by the substitution of /u/ for the nasal sound /õ/.