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  • CHEVAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CHEVAGE

    CHEVAGE, or CHIEFAGE, according to Bracton, signifies a Tribute by the Head; or a kind of Poll-Money antiently paid by such as held Lands in Villanage, or otherwise, to their Lords, in acknowledgment. See POLL. The Word seems also to have been us'd for...

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

  • ANTIENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIENT

    ANTIENT, or Ancient, usually stands opposed to Modern. See MODERN. The Word comes from the French ancien, of the Latin Antiquus. Thus, we say the ancient Architecture, ancient Monuments, ancient Church. See ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE, etc. When we say...

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

  • ALTERANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ALTERANT

    ALTERANT, or Alterative, in Medicine, a Property, or Power in certain Remedies, whereby they induce an Alteration in the Body, and dispose it for Health or Recovery, by correcting some Indisposition; without occasioning any sensible Evacuation. See...

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

  • ANTERIORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTERIOR

    ANTERIOR, something before another, chiefly in respect of Place. In this Sense the Term stands opposed to Posterior. The Word is Latin; formed of the Preposition, Ante, before. ANTERIOR

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

  • ANTIDOTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIDOTE

    ANTIDOTE, a Remedy taken either to prevent or cure Contagion. See PHYSIC, CONTAGION, PRESERVATIVE, etc. The Word Antidote is also used to signify a Medicine taken to prevent the ill Effects of some other, for instance, Poison. See POISON. In this Sense,...

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

  • ANNULETShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ANNULETS

    ANNULETS, in Architecture, are small square Members, in the Doric Capital; under the Quarter-round. See DORIC and CAPITAL. They are also called Fillets, Lissels, etc. See FILLETS, etc. An annulet is also a narrow flat Moulding, common to other Parts of...

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

  • APOGRAPHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOGRAPH

    APOGRAPH, Ἀπόγραφον, a Copy or Transcript of some Book or Writing. See COPY. In this sense the Word stands opposed to Autograph; as a Copy to an Original. See AUTOGRAPH. It is formed of ἀπό (apo), away, from, and γράφω (grapho), I write. APOGRAPH

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

  • ALDERMANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALDERMAN

    ALDERMAN, among our ancient Saxon Ancestors, was one of the three Orders or Degrees of Nobility. See NOBILITY, ETHELING WAS THE FIRST, ALDERMAN THE SECOND, and THANE THE LOWEST. See ETHELING, and THANE.The Alderman was the same as our Earl or Count;...

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

  • ADVOWSONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWSON

    ADVOWSON, or Advowzen, Advoterie, Advocatia, or Advocatio, the Quality, or Office of an Advowee, or Advocate, etc. See ADVOWEE, etc. Advowson, or Advouzen, in Common Law, signifies a right to present to a Benefice. See PRESENTATION. In this sense, the...

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

  • ACHILLEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACHILLES

    ACHILLES, a Name which the Schools give to the principal Argument alleged by each School of Philosophers in their behalfs. See SECT.In this Sense, we say, this is his Achilles; that is, his Malleus-Proof: Alluding to the Strength and Importance of...

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

  • ALLIANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLIANCE

    ALLIANCE, the Union or Connection of two Persons, or two Families, by means of Marriage; called also Affinity. See MARRIAGE, and AFFINITY. The Law of the Twelve Tables forbids all Alliance between Persons of unequal Rank and Condition. —And in Portugal,...

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

  • ALLODIALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALLODIAL

    ALLODIAL, Allodran, in ancient Customs.——Allodra, or Allodran Land, is that whereof a Person has the absolute Property; or which he holds without paying any Service or Acknowledgment to any Superior Lord. See PROPERTY, etc. Such an Inheritance is...

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

  • ALLUSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLUSION

    ALLUSION, Allusio, in Rhetoric, a Figure whereby something is applied to, or understood of, another, by reason of some Similitude of Name, or Sound. Camden defines Allusion as a dalliance, or playing with Words like in Sound, but unlike in Sense; by...

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

  • ABSTRUSEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ABSTRUSE

    ABSTRUSE, denotes something to be deep hidden, or far-removed from the common Apprehensions, and ways of conceiving ; in opposition to what is obvious and palpable. In this Sense, Metaphysicks is an abstruse Science ; the new Doctrine of Infinites is...

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

  • ACCESSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESSION

    ACCESSION, is particularly used for the Act whereby a thing accedes, i. e. joins or unites itself to something existing before. See ACCESSORY. Thus, we say, the Accession of a Governor to a Government, etc. — The first of August is observed in Memory...

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

  • ALGORITHMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGORITHM

    ALGORITHM, an Arabic Term, which some Authors, and especially the Spaniards, make use of to signify the Doctrine of Numbers. See NUMBER.Algorithm is properly the Art of numbering truly, and readily; and comprehends the six Rules of common Arithmetic.—It...

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

  • ANECDOTEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANECDOTES

    ANECDOTES, Anecdota, a Term used by some Authors, for the Titles of Secret Histories; that is of such as relate the secret Affairs and Transactions of Princes; speaking with too much Freedom, or too much Sincerity, of the Manner and Conduct of Persons...

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

  • ABSURDITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/logics/ABSURDITY

    ABSURDITY, Absurdities, is a kind of Error, or Offense against some evident, and generally allowed Truths or Principle. See ERROR, MAXIM, &c. The greatest of all Absurdities is the Contradiction. See CONTRADICTION. The Schoolmen make two Species of...

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

  • AUSTERITYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUSTERITY

    AUSTERITY, in a moral sense, signifies severity, or a rigid carriage and deportment in any thing. Thus we say, austerity of manners; the austerities of the monastic life. The austerity of the Roman censors kept the people in their duty. The greatest...

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

  • ASSISTANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSISTANT

    ASSISTANT, is used for a Person or Officer appointed to attend a principal Officer, for the more regular Discharge of his Function.—Such a Bishop or Priest had seven or eight Assistants. ASSISTANT, ASSISTANTS,are particularly used for a kind of...

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