What is a dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic called?
excursus — A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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