Cyclopædia
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AUTOCEPHALUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/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 the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARYTENOIDEUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARYTENOIDEUS
has its Head in one Arytenoid Cartilage, and its Tail in the other; and serves to bring them together, and shut the Rima or Glottis. See GLOTTIS.
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ATCHIEVEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ATCHIEVEMENT
in Heraldry, the Coat of Arms of any Person or Family; duly marshalled with its external ornaments, as Supporters, Helmet, Wreath, Crest, and Motto. See COAT and ARMS. See also SUPPORTER, HELMET, etc. Such are usually hung out on the Fronts of Houses...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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APPERTINANCEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPERTINANCES
or Appurtenances. APPERTINANCES
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AVERRUNCATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/agriculture/AVERRUNCATION
in Agriculture, the act of scraping, cutting, or lopping off the superfluous branches of trees. See PRUNING. AVERRUNCATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Agriculture
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ANIMAL MOTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL%20MOTION
MOTION is the same with what we call Muscular Motion. See MUSCULAR MOTION. It is divided into two Branches; Natural or Involuntary, and Spontaneous. See NATURAL and SPONTANEOUS. ANIMAL MOTION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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APPROVEMENTUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPROVEMENTUM
Approvementum, or Approvement, is sometimes used in ancient Writers for Improvement. See IMPROVEMENT. Thus, to Approve, approbare, is to make the best benefit of a thing by increasing the Rent, etc. In some ancient Statutes, Bailiffs of Lords in their...
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APPURTENANCEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPURTENANCES
or Appurtenances, in Common Law, signify things both corporeal, i.e., belonging to another thing, as their principal; e.g., Hamlets, to a chief Manor, and the like: and incorporeal, as Liberties and Services of Tenants, etc. See APPENDANT. The Word is...
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ANTEPENULTIMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ANTEPENULTIMA
in Grammar, the third Syllable of a Word, reckoning from the latter End; or the last Syllable but two. 'Twas upon this Syllable, that the Greeks placed their acute Accents. The Antepenultimate of a Dactyl is long. ANTEPENULTIMA
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Grammar
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ANTHROPOMANCYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOMANCY
or Anthropomantia, a Method of Divination, performed by inspecting the Viscera of a Person deceased. See DIVINATION. The Word is compounded of ἄνθρωπος, Man, and μαντεία, Divination. ANTHROPOMANCY
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ANTHROPOPATHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPATHY
a Figure, Expression or Discourse, whereby something is attributed to God, which properly belongs only to Man. Anthropopathy is frequently used promiscuously with Anthropology; yet in strictness, they ought to be distinguished as the Genus from the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTHROPOPHAGIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPHAGI
Cannibals; or such as feed on Human Flesh. See CANNIBAL. The Word is compounded of the Greek ἄνθρωπος, Man, and φαγεῖν, Edo, I eat. The primitive Christians were accused by the Heathens of being Anthropophagi; as appears from Tatian, Tertullian in his...
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ANTHROPOPHAGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPHAGY
the Act of eating human Flesh. See ANTHROPOPHAGI. Some Authors trace the Original of this barbarous Custom, as high as the Deluge; and attribute it to the Giants. Pliny mentions Scythians and Sauromatians; and Juvenal, Egyptians, who accustomed...
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AUGMENTATIONShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AUGMENTATIONS
in Heraldry, are additional charges frequently given as a particular mark of honour, and generally borne either on an escutcheon, or a canton.—Such are the arms of Ulster, borne by all the baronets of England. AUGMENTATIONS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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ANACEPHALEOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ANACEPHALEOSIS
in Rhetoric, a Recapitulation; or a short and summary Repetition of what has been said. See RECAPITULATION. The Word comes from the Greek ἀνά (ana), which in Composition signifies Repetition, and κεφαλή (kephale), Head. ANACEPHALEOSIS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Rhetoric
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ANTEJURAMENTUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTEJURAMENTUM
an Oath which both the Accuser and Accused were obliged to make before any Trial or Purgation. The Accuser was to swear that he would prosecute the Criminal; and the Accused was to make Oath on the very Day that he was to undergo the Ordeal, etc., that...
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ABARTICULATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABARTICULATION
as synonymous with Diarthrosis : but the Definition they give of it, does not quadrate with that Notion. "Abarticulation, or Dearticulation," say they, "is a good Constitution of the Bones, whereby they become dispos'd to move strongly and readily." But...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ANTISCORBUTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTISCORBUTICS
ANTISCORBUTICS, Remedies against the Scorbutus or Scurvy. See SCORBUTUS. See also DETERGENT. ANTISCORBUTICS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AUGUY-PAN-NEUFhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUGUY-PAN-NEUF
or AGUILLANNEUF. See MISLETOE and VISCUS. AUGUY-PAN-NEUF
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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