Cyclopædia
Assuming war is required, the following 37 results were found.
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HABILLIMENTS of Warhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/HABILLIMENTS-of-War
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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CAPTAIN of a Man of Warhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CAPTAIN-of-a-Man-of-War
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMS
against Beasts—That Nimrod, the first Tyrant, turned them against Men; and that his Son Cush was the first that waged War; whence, according to some, came the Appellation Bellum.—Diodorus Siculus takes Belus to be the same with Mars, who first trained...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARTILLERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTILLERY
heavy Equipage of War; comprehending all sorts of great Fire-arms with their Appurtenances, as Cannons, Mortars, Bombs, Petards, Muscats, Carbines, &c. See CANNON, MORTAR, GUN, PETARD, &c. In this Sense, the Word Artillery coincides with what we...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ASTROLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTROLOGY
visible Quality, but endued with its specific Power. The Sun, we know, not only shines on all the Planets, but by his genial Warmth calls forth, excites, and raises the Motions, Properties, etc. peculiar to them; and his Rays must share or receive...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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EAR-Warhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/EAR-War
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ADMINISTRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT and JUSTICE. Indolent princes confide the administration of public affairs to their ministers. See MINISTER. Civil wars are usually raised on pretense of maladministration or of abuses committed in the exercise of justice. See WAR....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ASSUMPTIVE Armshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ASSUMPTIVE%20Arms
ARMS. As, if a Man who is no Gentleman of Blood, nor Coat Armour, takes a Gentleman, Lord, or Prince, Prisoner in any lawful War; he becomes entitled to bear the Shield of such Prisoner, and enjoy it to him and his Heirs.—The Foundation hereof is that...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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ADMIRALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADMIRAL
instances of Admirals in this part of Europe, before the year 1284;when Philip of France, who had attended St. Louis to the wars against the Saracens, created an Admiral. To say no more, Du Cange assures us, that the Sicilians were the first, and the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTICHRISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/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 is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALLIANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLIANCE
—And in Portugal, we are told, the Daughters of the Nobility are prohibited to ally with such as have never been in the Wars. The Word is formed of the Latin ad ligatio, q. d. a tying together. Alliance is also extended to the Leagues, or Treaties of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AUGUSTALIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AUGUSTALIA
feast instituted in honor of the Emperor Augustus. See FEAST. This festival was first established after he had ended all his wars, and settled the affairs of Sicily, Greece, Asia, Syria, and the Parthians—The day whereon he made his entry into Rome, was...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ARRESTANDOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARRESTANDO
in Obsequium Regis, etc.,is a Writ which lies for the Apprehension of him that has taken Prest-Money for the King’s Wars, and hides himself when he should go. See PREST-MONEY. ARRESTANDO
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Politics - Policy - Justicehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics
Stadtholder, Protector, &c. Their Succession, Elective, Hereditary, by Primogeniture, &c. Their Transactions, as Peace, War, Treaty, Union, League, Croisade, &c. By Armies, Fleets, Embassies. Secretary, Plenipotentiary, Envoy, Legate, Nuntio, &c. Their...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
Stadtholder, Protector, &c. Their Succession, Elective, Hereditary, by Primogeniture, &c. Their Transactions, as Peace, War, Treaty, Union, League, Croisade, &c. By Armies, Fleets, Embassies. Secretary, Plenipotentiary, Envoy, Legate, Nuntio, &c. Their...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ARIEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARIES
long Beam, like the Mast of a Ship, armed at one End with a Head of Iron, somewhat resembling a Ram’s Head, that is moved forward, and recoiled backwards; and so shakes the Walls with its Iron Head: Nor is there any Tower or Wall so thick or strong, as...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALARM
a Signal given by Shouts, or by Instruments of War, for the Soldiers to take to their Arms, at the unexpected Arrival of an Enemy. The Word is formed from the French à l'arme, to your Arms. Alarm-Post, is the Ground appointed to each Regiment, by the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM
the Humerus, or Shoulder-Bone. See HUMERUS. It has five sorts of Motions, which are effected by five Pair of Muscles; upwards, by the Deltoides, Supraspinatus, and Coracobrachialis; downwards, by the Teres, Rotundus major, and Latissimus Dorsi;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/military-art/ARMY
etc. See also CAVALRY, INFANTRY, etc. This is to be understood of a land army:—A naval or sea army, is a number of ships of war, equipped and manned with marines, under the command of an admiral; with other inferior officers under him. See NAVY,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Military art
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AShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AS
of Tullus Hostilius, it was Brass, and was called As, Libra, or Pound. —Four hundred and twenty Years after, the first Punic War having exhausted the Treasury, they retrenched a Sextans of two Ounces, and thenceforward only made it of the Weight of a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified