Cyclopædia
Assuming minority is required, the following 15 results were found.
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AGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGE
without Consent of Parents, Anno 4 Hen. IV. cap. 17. Age Prier, a Petition, or Motion made in Court, by one in his Minority; having an Action brought against him for Lands coming to him by Descent; requesting, that the Action may rest till he comes to...
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MINORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MINOR
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CANIS MINORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CANIS-MINOR
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MAJOR and MINORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/MAJOR-and-MINOR
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SERRATusAnticus Minorhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/SERRATusAnticus-Minor
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARCTOShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARCTOS
ARCTOS, Arctus, in Astronomy, a name given bythe Greeks to two constellations of the northern hemisphere; by the Latins called Ursa Major and Minor; and byus the Greater and Little Bear. See URSA MAJOR and MINOR. ARCTOS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Astronomy
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AUGUSTINShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUGUSTINS
AUGUSTINS, an order of religious; thus called from St. Augustin, whose rule they observe. See ORDER and RELIGIOUS. The Augustins, popularly also called Austin Fryars, were originally hermits, whom Pope Alexander IV first congregated into one body, under...
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ASSUMPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSUMPTION
ASSUMPTION, Assumptio, a Feast celebrated in the Roman Church, in honour of the miraculous Ascent of the Holy Virgin Body and Soul, into Heaven. See FEAST, VIRGIN, &c. This Word is compounded of the Latin ad, to, and sumo, I take. This Feast is held...
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ADMINISTRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION, the government, or direction of affairs; particularly the exercise of distributive justice.See GOVERNMENT and JUSTICE. Indolent princes confide the administration of public affairs to their ministers. See MINISTER. Civil wars are usually...
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ACThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACT
ACT, Actus, in Physics, an effective exercise or application of some power or faculty. See ACTION. In this sense, the word Act stands opposed to Power, Potentia, which is the capacity of acting. See POWER and POTENTIA. Though the word Act, properly and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ARCTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ARCTIC
ARCTIC, Arctic, in Astronomy, an epithet givento the North Pole, or the pole raised above our horizon. See NORTH, and POLE. It is called the Arctic Pole, on account of the constellation of the Little Bear, in Greek called ἄρκτος; the first starin the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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APOSTLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APOSTLE
APOSTLE, Ἀπόστολος, q.d. Envoy or Messenger; a Disciple of Jesus Christ, commissioned by him to preach his Gospel, and propagate it to all the Parts of the Earth. See GOSPEL. St. Paul is frequently called the Apostle, by way of Eminence; and the Apostle...
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ARPAGUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARPAGUS
ARPAGUS, in ancient inscriptions, signifies a child who died in the cradle. The Romans made no funerals for their Arpagi—They neither burnt their bodies, nor made tombs, monuments, or epitaphs for them; which occasioned Juvenal to say,—Terra clauditur...
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ATLANTIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATLANTIS
ATLANTIS, or ATLANTICA, in Antiquity an Island spoken of by Plato and other Writers, under some extraordinary Circumstances; and rendered famous by a Controversy among the Moderns about it. The most distinct Account of this celebrated Place, is given...
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ABDUCTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/logics/ABDUCTION
ABDUCTION, in Logick, a kind of Argumentation, by the Greeks call'd Apogoge ; wherein, the greater Extreme is evidently contain'd in the Medium, but the Medium not so evidently in the lesser Extreme as not to require some further Medium, or Proof to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Logics