Cyclopædia
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ANIMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMATION
signifies the informing of an animal Body with a Soul. Thus the Fetus in the Womb is said to come to its Animation, when it begins to act as a true Animal; or after the Female that bears it is quick, as the common way of Expression is. See FETUS. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AVENTURAEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AVENTURAE
in our ancient Writers, signify Tournaments, or Military exercises on Horseback. See TOURNAMENT. AVENTURAE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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AGILLARIUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AGILLARIUS
in ancient Law-Books, a Hayward, or Keeper of a herd of cattle in a common field. AGILLARIUS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ACHRONICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ACHRONICAL
ACHRONICAL, in Astronomy, is applied to the Rising of a Star when the Sun sets; or the Setting of a Star when the Sun rises. See RISING, and SETTING. The Achronical Rising of Mars, who is then found to be nearer the Earth than the Sun, has been one...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AGONOCLITAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AGONOCLITA
or Agonoclites, in antiquity, a sect in the 7th century; whose distinguishing principle was never to kneel, but to deliver all their prayers standing. See GENUFLEXION. The word is compounded of the privative particle a, gonu, knee, and klino, I bend....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ABDICATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ABDICATION
the Act whereby a Magistrate, or Person in Office renounces and gives up the same, for himself and his Heirs. See RENUNCIATION. Abdication is frequently confounded with Resignation ; but, strictly speaking, there is a difference : Abdication being done...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Politics - Policy - Justice
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ÆGYPTIACUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/ÆGYPTIACUM
in Pharmacy, a kind of detergent Unguent; so called from its dusky Hue or Colour, which resembles the swarthy Complexion of the Egyptians. See DETERGENT, and UNGUENT. It is composed of Verdigris, Vinegar, and Honey, boiled to a Consistency. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
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ANTIMENSIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIMENSIA
the Greeks have but few consecrated Churches; and that consecrated Altars are not things easy to be removed: That Church has for many Ages made use of certain consecrated Stuffs, or Linens called Antimensia, to serve the purposes thereof. ANTIMENSIA
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AVOCATORIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVOCATORIA
AVOCATORIA, a Mandate of the Emperor of Germany, directed to some Prince or Subject of the Empire, to stop his unlawful Proceedings in any cause brought by way of Appeal before him. See EMPEROR and EMPIRE. AVOCATORIA
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADJURATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADJURATION
a part of exorcism, wherein the devil is commanded, in the name of God, to depart out of the body of the possessed, or to declare something. See EXORCISM, POSSESSION, etc. The word is Latin, formed of adjurare, to adjure; of ad, and juro, to swear. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AGONOTHETAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AGONOTHETA
in antiquity, a magistrate chose among the Greeks, to preside and have the superintendency of their sacred games, or combats; to defray the expenses thereof, and adjudge the prizes to the conquerors. See GAME, COMBAT, etc. The word is compounded of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ANTITACTAEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ANTITACTAE
or Antitactici, in Antiquity, a kind of Gnostics, who owned that God, the Creator of the Universe, was good and just; but asserted withal, that one of his Creatures had created Evil, and had engaged us to follow it, in order to set us in opposition to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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AMBER-SEEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBER-SEED
or Musk-seed, is a seed somewhat like the millet, of a bitterish taste, and brought dry to us from Martinico and Egypt.—The Egyptians use it internally, as a cordial, to fortify the heart, stomach, and head, and to provoke lust—It gives a grateful scent...
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ADVERSARIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVERSARIA
among the ancients, was used for a book of accounts, like our journal or day-book; thus called, quod adversa parte etiam scriptis impleretur, because wrote even on the backside. Hence, adversaria is sometimes also used among us for a common-place-book....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARCH-ANGELhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCH-ANGEL
an intellectual substance or angel in the eighth rank among the blessed spirits which compose the celestial hierarchy. See ANGEL, and HIERARCHY. The word is compounded of the Greek ἀρχή, prince, and ἄγγελος, angel. ARCH-ANGEL
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMBULATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AMBULATION
in Physick, is used by some for the spreading of a Gangrene, or Mortification. See GANGRENE, &c. AMBULATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ANTINOMASYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ANTINOMASY
or rather Antonomasy, a Figure in Rhetoric, whereby a Noun Appellative is used instead of a proper Name. See FIGURE and NAME. Thus we say, the Philosopher, instead of Aristotle; the Orator, for Cicero; the Apostle, for St.Paul, etc. Thus also we call a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Rhetoric
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ALIMENTARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALIMENTARY
Alimentarius, something that relates to Aliment, or Food. See FOOD.The ancient Physicians hold that every Humour consists of two Parts; an Alimentary, and an Excrementitious one. See HUMOUR, and EXCREMENT.Alimentary Duct, Ductus Alimentalis, is a Name...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANNEXATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ANNEXATION
in Law, the uniting of Lands or Rents to the Crown. See ANNEXED. ANNEXATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ADULTERINEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ADULTERINE
in the Civil Law, a child issued from an adulterous affair, or commerce. See ADULTERY. Adulterine children are more odious than the illegitimate offspring of single persons—The Roman Law even denies them the title of natural children, as if nature...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law