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noun/ˈsɪləbəri/
/ˈsɪləberi/
(plural syllabaries)
(specialist)- a set of written characters representing syllables and used as an alphabet in some languagesWord Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin syllabarium, from Latin syllaba, from Greek sullabē, from sun- ‘together’ + lambanein ‘take’.
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