stichometricaladj.
/stɪkəʊˈmɛtrɪkəl/ Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by measurement by stichoi or lines.
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stichometric1881
1845 W. Wright in J. Kitto Cycl. Bibl. Lit. (1849) II. 926/1 The beautiful Lindisfarne book of the Gospels (Nero D. 4) is a stichometrical uncial MS. of the seventh century.
1885 G. Salmon Hist. Introd. N.T. xxi. 537 (note) Then follows a stichometrical catalogue of the books both of Old and New Testament.
1904 M. Rule in Athenæum 9 Apr. 464/3 I find..upon making a careful stichometrical analysis of the Libellus, that it resolves itself into thirty-eight sections.
1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 52/2 The stichometrical note in the margin of Frag. 58.
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stichoˈmetrically adv.
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stichometrically1871
1871 G. V. Smith Bible & Pop. Theol. App. 320 The six clauses may be arranged stichometrically.
1882 G. C. Macaulay in 19th Cent. Dec. 908 Passages from this preface have been introduced word for word, or with insignificant changes, into subsequently published poems, being divided stichometrically into lines by the natural pauses of the sentence.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 268 Written stichometrically, i.e., in single lines containing only so many words as could be read, consistently with the sense, at a single inspiration.
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