recension

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And new rules or the recension of old ones can be delayed by litigation, which always starts at lower courts and takes a while before it bubbles up to the Supreme Court.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2016

The swan as predator is also the inspiration for Matthew Bourne, 37, a young British choreographer, whose radical recension of the ballet classic Swan Lake opens this week in Los Angeles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trouble began with his recension of Swan Lake, which was silly and eccentric and, worst of all, skewed to provide a fat role for the aging, painfully stiff company director.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two principal classes of Ethiopic Biblical MSS. are connected with these periods respectively; the first class being derived from the Greek text before, and the latter after the Alexandrian recension.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Again, not the slightest confirmation is given to Dr. Hort's notion that a revision or recension was definitely accomplished at Antioch in the middle of the fourth century.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William