Cyclopædia
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ANNIS SEEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNIS%20SEED
SEED, or Aniseed, a medicinal Seed or Grain; produced by an Umbelliferous Plant of the same Name, common in our Gardens. See SEED. It has a sweetish Taste, intermixed with something pungent and bitter: Is reputed an Aromatic, and prescribed not merely...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ATTRACTIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTRACTIVE
ATTRACTIVUS, something that has the Power or Faculty to attract. See ATTRACTION, FACULTY. ATTRACTIVE Power, or Force, VIS ATTRACTIVA. See POWER, ATTRACTION, etc. ATTRACTIVE
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ASSUMPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSUMPTION
Roman Church, in honour of the miraculous Ascent of the Holy Virgin Body and Soul, into Heaven. See FEAST, VIRGIN, &c. This Word is compounded of the Latin ad, to, and sumo, I take. This Feast is held with great Solemnity both in the Eastern and Western...
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ARCHBISHOPhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHBISHOP
East, till about the year 320; and though there were some soon after this who had the title, yet that was only a personal honor by which the bishops of considerable cities were distinguished. It was not until later that archbishops became metropolitans,...
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ANGEIOLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANGEIOLOGY
Angeiologia, in Anatomy, the History, or Description of the Vessels in a human Body; e.g., the Nerves, Arteries, Veins, and Lymphatics. See VESSELS. Angeiology is a Branch of Sarcology. See SARCOLOGY. The Word seems to be derived from ἀγγεῖον, a Vessel,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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AUSCULTAREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AUSCULTARE
in our ancient customs.—In regard the reading of prayers with a graceful tone or accent, makes some impression on the hearers; there was anciently a person appointed, in monasteries, to hear the monks read, who instructed them how to perform it, before...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADMIRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ADMIRATION
in Grammar, a Point or Character, intimating something worthy to be admired or wondered at.—It is expressed thus (!). See CHARACTER. ADMIRATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ABSTEMIOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTEMIOUS
is properly understood of such Persons as refrain absolutely from Wine. Pliny more expresly says, Vini abstemius ; and Apuleius, Invinius. In the Religious Sense of the Word, they are said to be Abstemious, who in the Sacrament of the Supper cannot...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology
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ARCHIVAULThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ARCHIVAULT
in architecture, the inner contour of an arch; or a band or frame adorned with moldings, running over the faces of the arch-stones, and resting upon the imposts. See ARCH, VAULT, IMPOST, etc. It is different in the various orders—in the Tuscan, it has...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Architecture
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ALMUCANTARShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALMUCANTARS
Almacantarats, or ALMUCANTARATS, in Astronomy, are Circles parallel to the Horizon, imagined to pass through all the Degrees of the Meridian. See CIRCLE, and HORIZON. See PARALLEL. As the Meridians pass through the several Degrees of the Equator; the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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ALTERNATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALTERNATION
a Term sometimes used for the divers Changes, or Alterations of Order, in any Number of Things proposed. See CHANCE. This is also called Permutation, etc., and is easily found, by a continual Multiplication of all the Numbers, beginning at Unity: See...
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AMPHIBOLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/AMPHIBOLOGY
or Amphibolousness, in Grammar, a Fault in Language, whereby it is rendered obscure, and liable to be understood in a double Sense. Amphibology is chiefly used in respect of a Phrase; as Equivoque is in respect of a Word. See EQUIVOQUE, and...
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ACCLAMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCLAMATION
ACCLAMATION is a confused noise or shout of joy by which the public express their applause, esteem, or approbation of anything. These were formerly used in churches as well as theaters, and the bishops and other ecclesiastical officers were elected by...
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ARTOTYRITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ARTOTYRITES
or Artotyritae,a Sect in Religion; being a Branch of the ancient Montanists, who first appeared in the second Century, and infested all Galatia. See MONTANIST. They used Bread and Cheese in the Eucharist, or perhaps Bread baked with Cheese.—Their Reason...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADDER-Stunghttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDER-Stung
ADDER-Stung is used in respect of cattle when stung with any kind of venomous reptiles; as adders, scorpions, etc., or bit by a hedgehog or shrew. ADDER-Stung
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ACCOUNTING-https://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCOUNTING-
ACCOUNTING- or Accounting-, or Counting-house; see COUNTING-HOUSE, GREEN-CLOTH, etc. ACCOUNTING-
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ARRAIGNMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ARRAIGNMENT
or Arraignment, in law, the act of arraigning, or setting a thing in order. See ARRAIGNING. The modern Philosophy shows us, that the Diversity of Colours depends entirely on the Situation and the Arrangement of the Parts, which reflect the Light...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARTICULARIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ARTICULARIS
in Medicine, an Epithet applied to a Disease which more immediately infests the Articuli, or Joints—The Morbus Articularis, is the same with the Greek ἀρθρῖτις, and our Gout. See ARTHRITIS and GOUT. Articulate Sounds,are those which express the Letters,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ANTICHRESIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRESIS
in the Civil Law, a Covenant or Convention, whereby a Person borrowing Money of another, engages, or makes over his Lands to the Creditor, with the Use and Occupation thereof, for the Interest of the Money lent. This Covenant was allowed of by the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTECEDENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTECEDENCE
ANTECEDENT and ANTECEDENTIA. ANTECEDENTIA among Astronomers—When a Planet appears to move Westward, contrary to the Order or Course of the Signs; as, from Taurus towards Aries: it is said to move in Antecedentia. See PLANET, ORDER, SIGN, etc. On the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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