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  • ALLEGORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLEGORY

    ALLEGORY, Allegoria, a Figure in Rhetoric, whereby we make use of Terms which in their proper Signification, mean something else than what they are here intended to denote: Or, it is a Figure, whereby we say one thing, expecting it shall be understood...

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

  • ALLEMANDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLEMAND

    ALLEMAND, Allemande, a kind of grave, solemn Music, where the Measure is good, and the Movement slow. See MUSIC, SONG, MEASURE, etc. ALLEMAND

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

  • ABSOLUTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ABSOLUTE

    is understood of something that is free, or independent of another. Hence, as there are various ways wherein one thing may be consider'd is free in respect of another, there arise divers sorts of Absolutes. Absolute, e. g. sometimes imports a Thing...

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

  • ALHANDALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/ALHANDAL

    ALHANDAL, a Term in the Arabian Pharmacy.The Troches of Alhandal, Trochisci Alhandale, are a kind of Troches, composed of Colocynthis, Bdellium, and Gum Tragacanth. See TROCHE.They are esteemed good Purgatives, and are used on divers Occasions. See...

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

  • ABATEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABATEMENT

    ABATEMENT, in Law, is us'd for the defeating or overthrowing of a thing, as a Writ, Appeal, or the like. Thus the Abatement of a Writ, is the frustrating, or setting it aside, by some Exception alledg'd and made good against it. Such Exception may be...

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

  • ASPHALTOShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPHALTOS

    ASPHALTOS, or Asphaltum,a solid, brittle, black, inflammable, bituminous Substance, resembling Pitch, brought from India; whence it is also called Jewish Pitch. See PITCH. The Asphaltos belongs to the Class of Bitumens; and is the furthest matured and...

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

  • ARMONIACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARMONIACK

    ARMONIACK, or rather Ammoniac, in natural History, a sort of volatile Salt; whereof there are two Kinds; ancient and modern. See SALT. The ancient Sal Ammoniac, called also Sal Cyrenaica, described by Pliny and Dioscorides, was a native Salt, generated...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • AGNUS DEIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AGNUS%20DEI

    AGNUS DEI, a piece of consecrated paste, of great service in the Church of Rome.The name literally signifies Lamb of God; this being supposed an image or representation of the Lamb of God, etc. They cover it up with a piece of stuff, cut in form of a...

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

  • ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES

    ANTIPODES, or Antoecians, in Geography, a relative Term, understood of such Inhabitants of the Earth as live diametrically opposite to one another. See EARTH. The Antipodes are those who live in Parallels of Latitude equally distant from the Equator,...

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

  • AGORONOMUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AGORONOMUS

    AGORONOMUS, in Antiquity, a Magistrate of Athens, establish’d for the Maintenance of good Order, and Policy in the Markets; the Inspection of the Weights, Measures, &c. The Agoronomus was much the same with the Curule Aedile among the Romans. See EDICT....

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

  • APOCALYPSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOCALYPSE

    APOCALYPSE, Apocalypsis, q.d. Revelation; the Name of the last Book in the Canon of Scripture. See CANON and BIBLE. The Apocalypse contains Discoveries, or Revelations relating to many important Mysteries of Christian Faith; made to the Apostle St....

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

  • ALLEGATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLEGATION

    ALLEGATION, the Citation, or Quotation of an Authority, Book, Passage, &c. to make good any Point, or Assertion. See QUOTATION, CITATION, AUTHORITY, &c.

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

  • AXINOMANCYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AXINOMANCY

    AXINOMANCY, axinomantia, a species of divination, or method of foretelling future events by means of an ax or hatchet. See DIVINATION. The word is formed from the Greek ἀξίνη, securis, and μαντεία, divinatio. This art was in good repute among the...

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

  • ASPIRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPIRATION

    ASPIRATION, the Act of aspirating, i.e., of pronouncing any Syllable, or Word, strongly; with a good deal of Breath, and Vehemence. See ASPERARE and PRONUNCIATION. This we do, for instance, in those Words which have the Letter H, before them; as...

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

  • ABSOLUTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABSOLUTION

    ABSOLUTION, ABSOLUTIO, in the Civil Law, &c. a definitive Sentence, whereby a Person accused of any Crime, &c. is acquitted, and declared Innocent. Among the Romans, the ordinary Method of pronouncing Judgment was this : After the Cause had been pleaded...

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

  • ANEMOSCOPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANEMOSCOPE

    ANEMOSCOPE, a Machine invented to foretell the Changes of the Wind. See WIND. It has been observed, that Hygroscopes made of Cat's-gut, &c., prove very good Anemoscopes; seldom failing, by the turning of the Index about, to foretell the shifting of the...

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

  • ACCEPTANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ACCEPTANCE

    ACCEPTANCE, Acceptio, Acceptatio, in matters of Law, refers to agreeing or consenting to some act already done, which, without such consent, might have been undone or rendered invalid. The acceptance of a donation is necessary for its validity and is a...

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

  • APOTHECARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOTHECARY

    APOTHECARY, a Person who practices Pharmacy, or that part of Physics which consists in the Preparation and Composition of Medicines. See PHARMACY and MEDICINE. Nicholas Langius has written a large Volume expressly against the Apothecaries, their errors...

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

  • APHRONITREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APHRONITRE

    APHRONITRE, Aphronitrum, a kind of Nitre, mentioned by the Ancients; supposed to be the Spume, or the lightest and subtilest Part thereof, emerging to the top. See NITRE. Some modern Naturalists rather take the ancient Aphronitre to have been a Native...

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

  • AMPHICTYONShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMPHICTYONS

    AMPHICTYONS, Amphictyones, in Antiquity, the Deputies of the Cities and People of Greece, who represented their respective Nations in a general Assembly; having a full Power to concert, resolve, and appoint what they should think fit, for the Service of...

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