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  • AZYMUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZYMUS

    bread in the mass ought to be azymus, unleavened, in imitation of the paschal bread of the Jews, and of our Saviour, who instituted the sacrament on the day of the Passover; and the former strenuously maintaining the latter, from tradition, and the...

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

  • ADMIRALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADMIRAL

    Admiratus, Admiralty, a great officer, who commands the naval forces of a kingdom or state; and before whom all causes are cognizable, relating to the sea. See NAVY, SEA, etc.Authors are divided about the origin and denomination of this important...

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

  • ADVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWEE

    subjection, etc. —— Whence also Advowson. See AVOW, and ADVOWSON. There were also Advowees for Cathedrals, Abbeys, Monasteries, etc. — Thus, Charlemagne had the title of Advocate of St. Peter's; King Hugh, of St. Riquier; and Bollandus mentions some...

    • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • APOLLINARISTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOLLINARISTS

    APOLLINARISTS, Apollinarians, ancient Heretics, who denied that Jesus Christ assumed true Flesh. Apollinaris of Laodicea, their Leader, fancied I know not what strange kind of Flesh, which he supposed to have existed from all Eternity——He distinguished...

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

  • ANCIENT DEMESNEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCIENT%20DEMESNE

    DEMESNE, or Demain, is a Tenure, whereby all Manors belonging to the Crown in William the Conqueror’s, and St. Edward's time, were held. See TENURE and DEMESNE. The Numbers, Names, etc., hereof were entered by the Conqueror in a Book called...

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

  • ANTICHRISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRIST

    ANTICHRIST, or Antichrist, Antichristus, among Divines, etc., a Tyrant who is to reign on Earth, toward the end of the World; for the ultimate Proof of the Elect; and to give a shining Instance of the Divine Vengeance, before the last Judgment. The Word...

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • ALMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMS

    Eleemosynaria, something given out of Charity or Liberality, to the Poor. See CHARITY, ALMONER, &c. The Romanists also extend the Term to what is given to the Church, or other pious Uses.—Hence, what the Church holds on this footing, is called Tenure in...

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

  • 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

  • ARCHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHES

    or Court of Arches, is one of the Archbishop’s courts; to which appeals lie in ecclesiastical matters from all parts of the Province of Canterbury. SeeCourt, Appeal, and Archbishop. This court is thus called, from the arched church andtower of St. Mary...

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