Misentry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account. countable, uncountable

    "The rectifying ſuch Miſentries, or Miſcopyings, are not Amendments of Faults in a Record, (for that faulty miſtaken Entry is not really the Record) but making true Entries of the Record."

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"The rectifying ſuch Miſentries, or Miſcopyings, are not Amendments of Faults in a Record, (for that faulty miſtaken Entry is not really the Record) but making true Entries of the Record."

Etymology

From mis- + entry.

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