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Noun text has 4 senses

text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
--₁ is a kind of matter
--₁ is a part of publication
--₁ has parts:
word order; book; chapter; foreword, preface, prolusion; paragraph; passage
--₁ has particulars:
cookie; copy, written matter; draft, draft copy; electronic text; hard copy; installment, instalment; letter, missive; line; lipogram; lyric, words, language; stanza
text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
--₂ is a kind of passage
--₂ is a part of
Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word
textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text - a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
--₃ is a kind of book
--₃ has particulars: crammer; introduction; primer; reader
text - the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"
--₄ is a kind of matter