festschrift n.
pl. fest·schriften or festschrifts
- A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar.
[German : Fest, festival; see fest + Schrift, writing (from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from scrban, to write, from Latin scr
bere. See skr
bh- in Indo-European Roots).]
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