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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Orthography

/ôrthäʹgrəfē/ · Or·thog·ra·phy · IPA /ɔɹˈθɑɡɹəfi/
01 n. The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of s…
  1. 1.
    The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.
    “When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation, but is hardened into orthography.” — Earle.
  2. 2.
    The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.
  3. 3.
    A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.
  4. 4.
    The method of spelling the words of a particular language; the system of symbols used for writing a language.
  5. 5.
    The branch of linguistics concerned with how languages are written.