text
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2. The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.
3. One of the editions or forms of a written work: After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
4. A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
5. A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
6. A subject; a topic.
7. A textbook.
[Middle English texte, from Old French, from Late Latin, written account, from Latin, structure, context, body of a passage from past participle of texere, to weave, fabricate.]