Latin, ‘hole’. The term used by textual critics and others where there is a gap in a sentence in a MS as a result of damage.
Citation for lacuna
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MLA
"lacuna." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 26, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1088>.
Chicago
"lacuna." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1088 (accessed May 26, 2013).