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  • ALLOTTINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOTTING

    or Allotment of Goods, in Matters of Commerce, is when a Ship's Cargo is divided into several Parts, to be bought by divers Persons, whose Names are Wrote on as many Pieces of Paper, which are applied by an indifferent Person to the several Lots or...

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

  • APHARESIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/APHARESIS

    or Aphaeresis, in Grammar, a Figure, whereby something is taken away from the beginning of a Word. See FIGURE and WORD. Thus Ciconia, by Aphareis is written Conia. A like Retrenchment at the end of a Word is called Syncope or Apocope. See SYMCOPE and...

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

  • ASCLEPIADhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCLEPIAD

    a Greek or Latin Verse of four Feet, containing a Spondee, a Choriambus, and two Dactyls. See FOOT and VERSE. Such is the Verse, Mecenas atavis Edite Regibus. Or of four Feet, and a long Syllable; the first a Spondee, and the second a Dactyl, after...

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

  • AMBROSIANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AMBROSIAN

    in Church History.—We frequently read of the Ambrosian Rite, the Ambrosian Office, &c. denoting a particular Office, or Formula of Worship, used in the Church of Milan; which is sometimes also called the Ambrosian Church. See RITE, OFFICE, &c. We also...

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

  • ATTENDANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTENDANT

    in law, signifies one that owes duty or service to another, or depends upon him. Thus if there be lord, mesne, and tenant; and the tenant hold of the mesne by a penny; and the mesne hold over by two pence: If the mesne releases to the tenant all his...

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

  • ADORATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADORATION

    ADORATION, the act of rendering divine worship or honors, to a being. See GOD and WORSHIP. The adoration of idols is called Idolatry. See IDOLATRY. The Romanists profess a subordinate adoration to saints, images, relics, the cross, &c. See SAINT, IMAGE,...

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

  • ADJOININGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ADJOINING

    Adjunction, in philosophy, etc. See ADJUNCT and ADJUNCTION.Adjoining is particularly used for the associating of a person to another, or appointing him a colleague, or adjunct.See ADJUNCT, etc. ADJOINING

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

  • ALDEBARANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALDEBARAN

    an Arabian Name, for a fixed Star of the first Magnitude, in the Head of the Sign or Constellation Taurus, or the Bull; and hence popularly called the Bull's Eye. Its Longitude, Latitude, etc. see among the rest of the Constellation Taurus. ALDEBARAN

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

  • AUTOGRAPHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUTOGRAPHY

    Αὐτογραφία, the very handwriting of any person: or the original of a treatise, or discourse.—In opposition to a copy. See HANDWRITING, ORIGINAL, COPY, etc. The word is formed of the two Greek words αὐτός, and γράφω, scribo. AUTOGRAPHY

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

  • ANTAGONISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTAGONIST

    an Adversary; or a Party opposite to another in any Combat or Dispute. See ADVERSARY, etc. The Word is formed from the Greek ἀντί, contra, against, and ἀγωνίζομαι, oppono, I oppose. ANTAGONIST

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

  • ACCUSATIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ACCUSATIVE

    which express Actions that pass from the Agent, as, to beat, to break, &c., must have Subjects to receive those Actions: for, if I beat, I must beat something; so that a Verb evidently requires after it a Noun, or Name, to be the Subject or Object of...

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

  • ACCOMPLICEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCOMPLICE

    ACCOMPLICE, Complice, one that has a hand in a business; or is privy in the same Design or Crime with another. See ACCESSORY, PRIVY, etc. ACCOMPLICE

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

  • ALBA Firmahttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALBA%20Firma

    Firma, or Album, was a yearly Rent, payable to the Chief Lord of a Hundred; so called, Because paid wholly in white Money, or Silver, and not in Corn, which was called Black Mail. ALBA Firma

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

  • ARITHMANCYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARITHMANCY

    Arithmantia, or ARITHMOMANCY;a kind of Divination, or Method of foretelling future Events, by means of Numbers. See DIVINATION and NUMBER. The Word is compounded of ἀριθμός, Number, and μαντεία, Divination. The Gematria, which makes the first Species of...

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

  • ASARABACKAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASARABACKA

    or Assana-Bacara, a Plant mentioned by Pliny and Dioscorides, under the Name of theWild Nardus; by us called Asanum. Avicenna relates, that it is brought from Chind; that itsRoots resemble those of Gramen, or Dog’s-Tooth; but thatit has a pretty brisk...

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

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

    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 ancients; and was...

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

  • ALLEGIANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLEGIANCE

    to bind, q.v. Ligamen fidei. See LIGAMEN.Oath of Allegiance, is an Oath given in England to the King, in quality of a Temporal Prince or Sovereign; to distinguish it from the Oath given to him as Primate, or supreme Head of the Church, which is called...

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

  • ANTECESSORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTECESSOR

    ANTECESSOR, one that goes before, or leads another. See PRECURSOR, PREDECESSOR, etc. The Term is particularly used in some Universities for a Professor, who teaches, or lectures the Civil Law. ANTECESSOR

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

  • ALBIGENSEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ALBIGENSES

    a Sect or Party of Reformers about Toulouse, and the Albigenses, in Languedoc; who, in the XIIth Century, became remarkable for their opposition to the Discipline and Ceremonies of the Church of Rome. See REFORMATION. They were also known by various...

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