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Syllepsis; or, Combination The Repetition of the Sense without the Repetition of the Word Syl-lep-sis, from (sun), together with, and (leepsis) a taking. This name is given to the figure when only one word is used, and yet it takes on two meanings at the same time. The word itself is used only once; and … Continue reading “Syllepsis; or, Combination”

Syllepsis; or, Change in Concord Grammatical Syllepsis, by which there is a change in the Ideas rather than in actual words, so that the concord is logical rather than grammatical Syl-lep-sis. Greek, , from (sun), together with, and (leepsis), a taking. It is a figure by which one word, or the meaning of one word, … Continue reading “Syllepsis; or, Change in Concord”

SYLLEPSIS SYLLEPSIS is, when the concord of the parts of speech is disturbed; when the mind conceives a different thing from what is put forth in the words, i.e. when , the idea meant, and the sense is more regarded than the words. SYLLEPSIS, as Scioppius states [Gramm. Philos. p. m. 183], is either of … Continue reading “SYLLEPSIS”

Syllabus (syllabos, “collection”) The name given to two series of propositions containing modern religious errors condemned respectively by Pius IX (1864) and Pius X (1907). I. THE SYLLABUS OF PIUS IX A. History The first impulse towards the drawing up of the Syllabus of Pius IX came from the Provincial Council of Spoleto in 1849. … Continue reading “Syllabus (2)”

Syllabae enthronistcae ( ), circular letters written by bishops recently installed to foreign bishops, to give them an account of their faith and orthodoxy, that they might receive letters of peace and communiion from them. See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 2, ch. 12 10. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Syleus in Greek mythology, was a tyrant of Aulis, who compelled all foreigners who entered his dominions to labor in his garden. Hercules killed him, together with his daughter Xenodice. Another daughter was educated by her brother Dicseus; she fell in love with Hercules, and died of grief because she could not be his. He … Continue reading “Syleus”

Sylea in Greek mythology, was a daughter of king Corinthus and wife of Polypemon, to whom she bore Sinis, the pine-tree bender, a notorious robber. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Sylburg, Friedrich a German scholar, was born in 1536 at Wetter, near Marburg, and died February 16, 1596, at Heidelberg. Sylburg is known as the editor of some of the works of the Church fathers, to which he made annotations. Thus he edited the works of Clement of Alexandria, in Greek and Latin (Heidelberg, 1592), … Continue reading “Sylburg, Friedrich”

Sykes, Oliver a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born at Suffield, Conn., 1778. He was converted in his twenty-second year, and in 1806 was received on trial into the New York Conference. In 1810 he became superannuated, and held that relation through most of his life. He died Feb. 11, 1853. He left … Continue reading “Sykes, Oliver”

Sykes, Edmund Born at Leeds; martyred at York Tyburn 23 March, 1586-7; was a student at the College at Reims where he was ordained 21 Feb., 1581, and sent to the English Mission on 5 June following. He laboured in his native Yorkshire with such zeal and sacrifice, that his strength failed. Arthur Webster, an … Continue reading “Sykes, Edmund”