Definition of literature

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Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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Academician :: Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts..
Grecian :: Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history..
Drama :: Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
Bibliology :: Bibliology (n.) The literature or doctrine of the Bible.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Scholarship :: Scholarship (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
Pornography :: Pornography (n.) Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies..
Sinological :: Sinological (a.) Relating to the Chinese language or literature.
Literate :: Literate (a.) Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered..
Antiquarian :: Antiquarian (a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature..
Classical :: Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds..
Literary :: Literary (a.) Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation..
Literatus :: Literatus (n.) A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Initiation :: Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc..
Hellenist :: Hellenist (n.) One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist..
Decoration :: Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc..
Learning :: Learning (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning..
Introduction :: Introduction (n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature..
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature..
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