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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The first known occurrence of the term in its Latin form (Respublica literaria) is in a letter by Francesco Barbaro to Poggio Bracciolini dated July 6, 1417.
Proper noun
[edit]- (historical) The intellectual community in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the Americas, exchanging ideas by circulating handwritten letters.
Translations
[edit]the intellectual community in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the Americas
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