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1) a story or description in which characters symbolize ideas such as patients, Purity and Truth usually to teach a moral lesson (allegory)

2) (Latin) a list of characters in a drama e.g. listed in the text or in a theatre programme (dramatis personae)

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alphabet

(usually) the letters used in writing a language, arranged in order

letters of a writing system

calligraphy

(the art of) beautiful handwriting

handwriting

dramatis personae

(Latin) a list of characters in a drama e.g. listed in the text or in a theatre programme

actors in performance

notation

(a system of) signs or symbols representing numbers, amounts, musical notes etc

written remarks

phoneme

one of the sounds of a language

letters of a writing system

print

a mark, pattern, on a surface of a shape, left by the pressure of something; a picture, design etc made by printing on paper etc

publication; something impressed

script

handwriting; (short for) a manuscript or typescript

handwriting

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