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  • ACCENSUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCENSUS

    a Roman Officer, whereof there were two Kinds. The first, were Officers of the Magistrates; that is, of the Consuls, Pretors, Proconsuls, etc., who had their name, Accensi, from acciendo; their principal employment being to call assemblies of the people...

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

  • ALLERIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ALLERION

    or Arlerion, in Heraldry, a sort of Eaglet, without either Beak or Feet. See EAGLET. The Allerion appears much the same with the Martlet, except that the Wings of the former are shut, and they are represented, as it were, Passant; whereas the Martlet is...

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

  • AQUEDUCThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUEDUCT

    Aquaeductus, q.d. Ductus Aquae, a Conduit of Water; is a Construction of Stone, or Timber, made on an uneven Ground, to preserve the Level of the Water, and convey it, by a Canal, from one place to another. See WATER. There are Aqueducts under ground,...

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

  • AGONALIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AGONALIA

    or Agona, in antiquity, feasts celebrated by the Romans, in honor of Janus; or, as some will have it, in honor of the god Agonus, whom the Romans used to invoke upon their undertaking any business of importance. See FEAST. Authors vary as to the...

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

  • ABLUTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ABLUTION

    in Antiquity, a Religious Ceremony, in use among the Romans; being a sort of purifying, perform'd by washing the Body, ere they enter'd on Sacrifice. See SACRIFICE. Sometimes they wash'd their Hands and Feet, sometimes the Head, and oftentimes the whole...

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

  • ABSCISSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ABSCISSE

    ABSCISSA, in Conies, a Part of the Diameter, or transverse Axis of a Conic Section, intercepted between the Vertex or Tome other fix'd Point, and a Semiordinate. See CONIC SECTION. Such are the Lines AP, AP, &c. (Tab. Conics, Fig. 20.) intercepted...

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

  • ASPALATHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPALATH

    sharp and bitter to the Taste, of a strong Smell and Purple Colour. See Wood. The Aspalath is otherwise called Rhodium, or Rosewood, and was anciently in much Repute, as an Astringent or Dryer, but now disused. See ROSE. In Virtue, Taste, Smell, and...

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

  • ADAMITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADAMITES

    a sect of ancient heretics who took upon them to imitate the nakedness of Adam; as if man had been reinstated in his original innocence. They assisted in the temples naked and had to do with women in public. Prodicus was their author, according to the...

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

  • AUDIENDOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUDIENDO

    & TERMINANDO, a writ, or rather a commission, directed to certain persons, when an insurrection or great misdemeanour is committed in any place, for the appeasing and punishment thereof. AUDIENDO

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

  • AZYMITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZYMITES

    they who communicate with bread not leavened or fermented. See AZYMUS. This appellation is given by Cerularius, to those of the Latin Church, upon his excommunicating them in the XIth century. The Armenians and Maronites do also make use of azymus, or...

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

  • ARYTHMUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARYTHMUS

    Medicine, a Sinking or Failure of the Pulse, so as it can no longer be felt. See PULSE. The Word is formed from the privative Particle ἀ, and ῥυθμός, Modulus, or Pulse.

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

  • APERIENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APERIENTS

    or Aperitive Medicines, are such as open the obstructed Passages of the small Vessels, Glands, and Pores; and by that means promote a due Circulation of the contained Juices. See OBSTRUCTION, CAPILLARY, GLAND, CIRCULATION, etc. Aperients, then, coincide...

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

  • AUDITOREShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AUDITORES

    AUDITORES, or AUDIENTES, in Church history, catechumens or those newly instructed in the mysteries of the Christian religion, and not yet admitted to baptism. See CATECHUMEN.—Hence,

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

  • AUTOMATONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUTOMATON

    or AUTOMATUM; a self-moving engine, or a machine which has the principle of motion within itself. See MACHINE and MOTION. Such were Archytas’s dove, mentioned by Aulus Gellius, Noct. Att. L.10., and Regiomontanus’s wooden eagle, which, as Hakewill...

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

  • AVOIDANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AVOIDANCE

    The one, when a Benefice becomes void of an Incumbent; the other, when we say in Pleadings in Chancery, contested or avoided, traversed or denied, etc. See VACANCY. AVOIDANCE

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

  • ALLEVIAREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ALLEVIARE

    in old Records, to levy or pay an accustomed Fine or Composition. See LEVY. ALLEVIARE

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

  • ATTAINTEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTAINTED

    in law, is used for a person found guilty of some crime or offence, particularly of felony or treason. See ATTAINDER. Yet a man is said to be attainted of disseisin; and so it is used in French: as, être attaint, & vaincu en aucun cas, is to be cast in...

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

  • ANATOCISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATOCISM

    to the Principal itself, and Interest exacted upon the Whole. Anatocism is what we popularly call Interest upon Interest, or Compound Interest. See INTEREST. This is the worst Kind of Usury, and has been severely condemned by the Roman Law, as well as...

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

  • ANCHORAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCHORAGE

    ANCHORAGE, or Anchorine, Ground fit to hold a Ship’s Anchor, so that she may ride safely. See ANCHOR. Anchorage, in Law, a Duty taken of Ships for the Use of the Haven, where they cast Anchor. See DUTY. Anchored, in Heraldry. A Cross-Anchored, or...

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

  • ACOEMETEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOEMETES

    particularly in the East; and who were thus called because they had divine service continually, and without interruption, performed in their churches. The word is Greek, "ἀκοιμήται" (akoimētai), formed of the privative "a-" and "κοιμάομαι" (koimaomai),...

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