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  • ARTOTYRITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ARTOTYRITES

    or Artotyritae,a Sect in Religion; being a Branch of the ancient Montanists, who first appeared in the second Century, and infested all Galatia. See MONTANIST. They used Bread and Cheese in the Eucharist, or perhaps Bread baked with Cheese.—Their Reason...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Theology

  • ANTHESTERIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ANTHESTERIA

    the Feasts of Bacchus were called Anthesphoria. The most natural Derivation of the Word is from ἄνθος, Flos, a Flower; it being the Custom at this Feast to offer Garlands of Flowers to Bacchus. The Anthesphoria lasted three Days, the eleventh, twelfth,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • AUTHENTICKShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUTHENTICKS

    made, more exact and literal, though not quite so elegant as the former. This translation, says the author just cited, being preferred by Accursius, he called it the Authentica, by way of preference over that of Julian, as being more conformable to the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALIQUOT Parthttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALIQUOT%20Part

    Part, is such Part of any Number, or Quantity, as will exactly measure it, without any Remainder.—Or, it is a Part, which being taken a certain Number of times, becomes equal to the Whole, or Integer. See PART, &c. Thus, 3 is an Aliquot Part of 12;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AMPHIARTHROSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPHIARTHROSIS

    Articulation, distinguished from the Diarthrosis, in that it has no apparent Motion; and from the Synarthrosis, in its not being absolutely devoid of Motion. See ARTICULATION, DIARTHROSIS, etc. Such is the Articulation of the Ribs, with the Vertebrae;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy

  • AMENhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMEN

    AMEN, a Church Term, used as the Conclusion of all solemn Prayers, &c. and signifying, so be it, or fiat. The Hebrews had four kinds of Amen — That just mentioned they called Amen past; which was accompanied with the greatest Attention, and Devotion: In...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASYLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASYLUM

    ASYLUM, or Asylum, a Sanctuary; or Place of Refuge and Protection, where a Criminal who shelters himself is deemed inviolable, and not to be touched by any Officer of Justice. See REFUGE, PRIVILEGE, etc. The Word Asylum is Latin: Servius derives it from...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AVERAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AVERAGE

    AVERAGE, AVERAGIUM, in Law, that Duty or Service which the Tenant is to pay the King, or other Lord, by his Beasts and Carriages. See SERVICE. The Word is derived from the base Latin, Averia, or the French, Oeuvre, Work. AVERAGE is also used in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • AQUEOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUEOUS

    AQUEOUS, Aquosus, something that partakes of the Nature of Water, or abounds therein. See WATER. Thus, Milk is said to consist of an aqueous or serous, and a butyrous Part. See MILK. The Chemists separate the aqueous Part or Phlegm from all Bodies by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ANTICHRISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRIST

    ANTICHRIST, or Antichrist, Antichristus, among Divines, etc., a Tyrant who is to reign on Earth, toward the end of the World; for the ultimate Proof of the Elect; and to give a shining Instance of the Divine Vengeance, before the last Judgment. The Word...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APPARENT MAGNITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPARENT%20MAGNITUDE

    APPARENT MAGNITUDE or Diameter of the Sun, Moon, or any Planet, is the Quantity of the Angle that their Discs appear under, to an Observer on the Surface of the Earth. The apparent Diameters of the Celestial Luminaries are subject to some Diversity....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASSOCIATION OF IDEAShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSOCIATION%20OF%20IDEAS

    ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS,is where two or more Ideas, constantly and immediately follow or succeed one another in the Mind, so that one shall almost infallibly produce the other; whether there be any natural Relation between them, or not. See IDEA. Where...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALTERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ALTERATION

    ALTERATION, Alteratio, in Physics, the Act of changing the Circumstances and Manner of a thing; its general Nature and Appearance remaining the same.—Or, Alteration is an accidental, and partial Change in a Body; without proceeding so far, as to make...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Physics

  • APPEARANCEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APPEARANCES

    APPEARANCES, in Astronomy, etc., are more usually called Phenomena. See PHENOMENA. In Optics, we use the Term Direct Appearance, for the View or Sight of an Object by direct Rays; without either Refraction or Reflection. See DIRECT and RAY. See also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Astronomy

  • ABYSShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ABYSS

    Surface of the Abyss is not level with that of the Ocean, nor at so great a distance from the Centre as the other, it being for the most part restrained and depressed by the Strata of Earth lying upon it; but wherever those Strata are broken, or so lax...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADVENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ADVENT

    week of Advent, in our way of reckoning, is that wherein it begins; but it was anciently otherwise, the week next Christmas being reputed the first; and the numeration carried backward. Great austerity was practiced in the ancient Church during this...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • ALMONDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMOND

    which require the continual Strength of two Men to work.The Matter, then, on which the Operation is to be performed, being beat small, they kindle Charcoal in the Furnace, to anneal it; and when hot, they throw in two or three Shovelfuls of Coals to one...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AVERNIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVERNI

    it, but sank down dead; which some later Writers have chosen to attribute to this, that the sulphurous Effluvia hereof, not being of consistency to sustain the Birds, they fall by their own Weight. This Circumstance, joined with the great Depth of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ATTORNEYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTORNEY

    Attorney of the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster, Attornatus Curiae ducatus Lancastriae, is the second Office in that Court, being there, for his Skill in Law, placed as Assessor to the Chancellor of that Court. See DUCHY COURT and ASSESSOR. See also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ETHEREALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ETHEREAL

    the Property. of Gravity?——Many late Philosophers, not only at home but abroad, contend for its Gravity; and even for its being the Cause of Gravity in all other Bodies.—In effect, says Chauvin, Bodies do not descend by any inherent Principle; but by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
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