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  • APOSTOLIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOSTOLIC

    APOSTOLIC, Ἀποστολικός, Apostolicus, something that belongs to the Apostles, or descends from them. See APOSTLE. Thus, we say the Apostolic Age, Apostolic Doctrine, Apostolic Character, etc. The Romanists call their Church, the Catholic and Apostolic...

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

  • ALABASTERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ALABASTER

    ALABASTER, Alabastrites, in Natural History, a kind of Stone, softer than Marble, yet harder than Plaster of Paris. See STONE. It is found of all Colors; some extremely white and shining, which is the most common; some red, like Coral;and other called...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • APOCRYPHALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOCRYPHAL

    aside that comes from an uncertain Author, whereon much credit cannot be reposed. Thus we say, an Apocryphal Book, Passage, History, etc., meaning, such as are of suspected Authority—In Matters of Doctrine, the Writings of Heretics, Schismatics, etc....

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

  • AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION

    is particularly used in a legal sense, for that he was to preserve the Effects he thus called him to a solemn form of attesting the Truth; allowed to be used by the Quakers, instead of an Oath, which they hold absolutely unlawful. See QUAKER, and OATH....

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

  • ANDREWhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANDREW

    Knights of St. Andrew, or the Thistle. See THISTLE. Andrew’s Cross, is a Badge worn in the Hat, by the People of Scotland, on the Day of the Feast of that Saint. It consists of blue and white Ribbons, disposed into a Cross, or Saltier; and is intended...

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

  • ANTHEMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHEM

    Antiphona, a Church-Song, performed in Cathedral, and other Service, by the Choristers, divided for that purpose into two Choruses, who sing alternately. See SONG, CHOIR, etc. The Word was originally used both for Psalms, and Hymns, when thus performed....

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

  • AGAPETAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGAPETA

    In ecclesiastical history, agapeta, meaning "well-beloved", was a name given to certain virgins who in the ancient church associated themselves with ecclesiastics, out of a motive of piety and charity. In the primitive days, there were women instituted...

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

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

    ACOEMETES, Acoemeti, a name given to certain monks in the ancient Church who flourished 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...

    • 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

  • THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface

    in number of Years, or of Persons employ'd. THE Reader might be here led to suspect something of Disingenuity; and think I first put a Book upon him, and then give him Reasons why I should not have done it.-----But his Suspicions will cease, when he is...

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

  • A LIST of the SUBSCRIBERShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/a-liste-of-the-subscribers

    the Lord Abergavenny. The Right Hon. the Lord Arrundale, of Trerice. Sir Jacob Ackworth Kt. Surveyor of the Navy. Sir John Anstruther of Anstruther, Bar. Thomas Archer Esq; William Archer Esq; Dinghy Askham Esq; Dr. Allen. Mr. Asgill. Mr. Oliver Acton,...

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

  • AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR

    Height. See EARTH, and TERRAQUEOUS. It's considered by some of the Ancients as an Element; but then, by Element they understood a different thing from what we do. See ELEMENT. It is certain, that Air, taken in the popular Sense, is far from the...

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

  • AQUAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AQUA

    in natural History, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, etc. See WATER. The Word is pure Latin, and supposed to be compounded of a and qua, q.d. from which; alluding to the Opinion that Water is the Basis or Matter of all Bodies. Aqua fortis, is a corrosive...

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

  • ANIMALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL

    An Animal, respect being only had to the Body, not the Soul, may be defined with Boerhaave to be an organical Body, consisting of Vessels and Juices; and taking in the Matter of its Nutriment, by a Part called a Mouth; whence it is conveyed into another...

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

  • ARABIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARABIC

    or the Arabs. Arabic, or Arabic Language, is a Branch or Dialect of the Hebrew. See LANGUAGE and HEBREW. Father Angelo de St. Joseph speaks much of the Beauty and Copiousness of the Arabic. He assures us it has no less than a thousand Names for a Sword;...

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

  • ARIANISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARIANISM

    in the Church, broached by Arius, in the beginning of the fourth Century. See ARIAN. He denied that the Son was God consubstantial and coequal with the Father. He owned that the Son was the Word, but denied that Word to have been eternal; asserting that...

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

  • ABELIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABELIANS

    ABELONIANS, ABELOITES, a Sect of Hereticks in Africa, not far from Hippo, cotemporary with S. Augustin. See HERETICS. What distinguish'd 'em, was, that they made it a Duty to marry, and yet liv'd with their Wives in a prosess'd Continence, without...

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

  • ALLEGORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLEGORY

    else than what they are here intended to denote: Or, it is a Figure, whereby we say one thing, expecting it shall be understood of another, to which it alludes. See FIGURE, ALLUSION, &c.An Allegory is properly a Series, or Continuation of Metaphors. See...

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

  • ANGELICIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGELICI

    were also a Sect of ancient Heretics.—St. Augustine supposes them thus called from their yielding an extravagant Worship to Angels, and such as tended to Idolatry: Though Epiphanius derives the Name from their holding that the World was created by...

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

  • ANATHEMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATHEMA

    a Part of the Ceremony of Abjuration; the Convert being obliged to anathematize the Heresy he abjures. See ABJURATION. Most Greek Writers distinguish Anathema, written with a long e, Ἀνάθεμα; from Anathema with a short e, Ἀνάθημα. Yet Beza rejects the...

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