Latin:varia (feminine singular form ofvarius, “different”; whencevarious) +lectiō (“a reading”; whencelection) = “a different reading”
varialectio (pluralvariae lectionesor(obsolete)variæ lectiones)
- (textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.
any one of the readings of a passage in a text which differ from source to source
