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  • ARTERIOTOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTERIOTOMY

    ARTERIOTOMY,in Surgery, etc. the Operation of opening an Artery; or of letting of Blood by the Arteries practiced in some extraordinary Cases. See ARTERY, PHLEBOTOMY, &c.—For the Effects hereof, see Aneurisma. Arteriotomy, is a very dangerous Operation,...

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

  • ACQUITTANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/poetry/ACQUITTANCE

    ACQUITTANCE, or Quittance, a Release, or Discharge in Writing, of a Sum of Money, or other Duty which ought to be paid or done. See RECEIPT.The Verb Acquit, the Participle Acquitted, and the Noun Acquittal, do also signify a Discharge from an Offence...

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

  • ALGEBRAICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRAICAL

    ALGEBRAICAL, something that relates to Algebra. See ALGEBRA.In this Sense, we say, Algebraical Characters, or Symbols. See CHARACTER. Algebraical Curve, is a Curve, wherein the Relation of the Abscissas to the Semiordinates, may be defined by an...

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

  • ADESSENARIIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ADESSENARII

    ADESSENARII, a Sect in Religion, who hold that Jesus Christ is really present in the Eucharist, but in a manner different from what the Romanists hold. See EUCHARIST, etc.The Adessenarii, also called Impanatores, are divided into four different opinions...

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

  • ANACAMPTICKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANACAMPTICK

    ANACAMPTICK, signifies as much as Reflecting; and is frequently used in reference to Echoes, which are said to be Sounds produced anacamptically, or by Reflection. See REFLECTION, SOUND, and ECHO. Hence also Anacampticks is by some used for Catoptricks....

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

  • ASCODROUTEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCODROUTES

    ASCODROUTES,in Antiquity, a Sect of Heretics, in the second Century, who rejected all Use of Sacraments, on this Principle, that incorporeal Things cannot be communicated by Things visible and corporeal. See SACRAMENT. They made perfect Redemption...

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

  • ANTECHAMBERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTECHAMBER

    ANTECHAMBER, or Antichamber, an outer Chamber, before the chief Chamber of an Apartment; where the Servants wait, and Strangers stay, till the Person to be spoken withal is at leisure, etc. See APARTMENT. The Word is formed of the Latin Ante Camera. See...

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

  • ARMINIANISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMINIANISM

    ARMINIANISM, the Doctrine of Arminius, a celebrated Professor in the University of Leiden; and of the Arminians, a Sect which follow him. The principal Article wherein the Arminians differ from the other Reformed, consists in this, that thinking the...

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

  • ADIAPHORISTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADIAPHORISTS

    ADIAPHORISTS, ADIAPHORISTÆ, ADIAPHORITES, a name given in the 16th century to the moderate Lutherans who adhered to the sentiments of Melanchthon, and later to those who subscribed to the Interim of Charles V. See LUTHERAN. The same name might also be...

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

  • ANTHESPHORIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ANTHESPHORIA

    ANTHESPHORIA, in Antiquity, a Feast celebrated in Sicily, in Honour of Proserpina. See FEAST. The Word is derived from the Greek ἄνθος, Flower, and φέρω, I carry, in regard that Goddess was forced away by Pluto, when she was gathering Flowers in the...

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

  • ANACALYTERIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ANACALYTERIA

    ANACALYTERIA, in Antiquity, Feasts celebrated among the Heathens, on the Day that the Bride was permitted to lay aside her Veil, and to be seen in public. See FEAST, MARRIAGE, etc. They were thus called from the Greek ἀνακαλύπτερα (anakalypteria), to...

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

  • AUTOCEPHALUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUTOCEPHALUS

    AUTOCEPHALUS, a person who is his own chief or master, and has no other over him. See ACEPHALUS. The word is compounded of the Greek αὐτός, ipse; and κεφαλή, head. This denomination was given by the Greeks to certain archbishops, who were exempted from...

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

  • ALECTOROMANCYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALECTOROMANCY

    ALECTOROMANCY, an ancient Kind of Divination, performed by means of a Cock. See DIVINATION.This Art was in use among the Greeks; and the manner of it was this—A Circle was made on the Ground, and divided into 24 equal Portions, or Spaces; in each of...

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

  • ARCHIMANDRITEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHIMANDRITE

    ARCHIMANDRITE, the superior of a monastery; amounting to what we now call abbot. See ABBOT, SUPERIOR, etc. Covarrubias observes, that the word literally denotes the chief or leader of a flock; in which sense it may be applied to any ecclesiastical...

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

  • ARATRUM Terraehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ARATRUM%20Terrae

    ARATRUM Terrae, in our ancient law-books, as much land as can be tilled with one plough. Hoc manerium est 30 aratrorum. See CARUCATA TERRAE. Aratura Terrae, an ancient service which the tenant was to do his lord, by ploughing his land. See SERVICE, etc....

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

  • AUDITA QUERELAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUDITA%20QUERELA

    AUDITA QUERELA, a writ which lies against him, who, having taken a Statute-Merchant, or a Recognizance in the nature of a Statute-Staple, or a judgment, or a recognizance of another; and craving, or having obtained execution of the same from the Mayor...

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

  • AD Quod Damnumhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AD%20Quod%20Damnum

    AD Quod Damnum, a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire what harm may befall the king by granting a fair or market in any town, or place. See FAIR, MARKET, etc. The same writ also issues for an inquiry to be made of what the king or...

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

  • AD Inquirendumhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AD%20Inquirendum

    AD Inquirendum, a writ judicial, commanding inquiry to be made of anything touching a cause pending in the King's Court, for the better execution of justice; as of bastardy, and such like. See WRIT. AD Inquirendum

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

  • AURUM FULMINANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURUM%20FULMINANS

    AURUM FULMINANS, fulminating or thundering gold. See AURUM FULMINANS. It is inflammable, not only by fire, but also by a gentle heat and gives a report much louder than that of gunpowder. Its effect is commonly said to be principally downwards; in...

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

  • ASBESTINE Paperhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASBESTINE%20Paper

    ASBESTINE Paper or Cloth, is such as will burn in the Fire, be purified by it, and yet not consume. See INCOMBUSTIBLE. It is made of the Asbestos, or Lapis Amianthus; and is by some called Linum Vivum. See ASBESTOS. The Ancients are said to have made...

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