Chrestomathy (noun)
kres-tom-a-thee
A selection of passages from an author or authors, designed to help in learning a language.
Mid 19th century from Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos ‘useful’ + -matheia ‘learning’.
Example sentences
“The Oriental chrestomathy was helpful, but Mandarin will be hard to learn”
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