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Anaelig;sthesia (From Greek a, privative, and aisthesis, feeling). A term in medicine, and the allied sciences, signifying a state of insensibility to external impressions, consequent upon disease, or induced artificially by the employment of certain substances known as anæsthetics, or by hypnotic suggestion. In diseases of the central nervous system, anæsthesia is a common symptom. … Continue reading “Anaelig;sthesia”

Anael (, prob. contracted for Anaziel), the brother of Tobit, and father of Achiacharus (Tob 1:21). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Anael ANAEL.Brother of Tobit and father of Achiacharus (Tob 1:21). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Anael ana-el (, Anael): A brother of Tobit mentioned once only (Tobit 1:21) as the … Continue reading “Anael”

Anadyomene an epithet of Venus, meaning emerging out of the waters. Under this title those worshipped her who had escaped drowning. The most celebrated picture of antiquity was that of this goddess by Apelles, for which his favorite mistress, Campaspe, was given him so generously by Alexander. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anadiplosis; or, Like Sentence Endings and Beginnings The Repetition of the same Word or Words at the end of one Sentence and at the beginning of another An-a-di-plo-sis. Greek, , (ana), again, and (diploun), to double, or (diplous), double. It is also called EPANASTROPHE (Ep-a-nas-tro-phe), from (epi), upon, (ana), again, and (strephein, to turn), and … Continue reading “Anadiplosis; or, Like Sentence Endings and Beginnings”

ANADIPLOSIS ANADIPLOSIS is the repetition of the same word in the end of the preceding and beginning of the following member: e.g.-Joh 18:37, , . .-Rom 8:17, , .-2Co 5:17-18, . . ANADIPLOSIS, taken in a wider sense, has place also in the case of conjugate words [See Gnom. on Jam 1:1-2]: e.g.-Gal 4:31; Gal … Continue reading “ANADIPLOSIS”

Anadi (Skr.) Beginningless, said of the Absolute and the world. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Anadema (, a garland), an ornament of the head with which victors were adorned in the sacred games of the ancients. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anactotelestae in ancient Greek ceremonies, was a title of the managers in the Corybantian mysteries. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anactoron (, from , a sovereign), the dwelling of a king or ruler. In classical authors, it is generally a house of a god, especially a temple of the Eleusinian Demeter or of the Dioscuri; also, the innermost recess of a temple, in which oracles were given (Lobeck, Aglaoph. 1, 59, 62). Eusebius (Panegyr. c. … Continue reading “Anactoron”

Anacoluthon; or, Non-sequence A breaking off the sequence of Thought An-a-co-lu-thon. Greek, , from or , negative, and (akolouthos), following: i.e., not following, want of sequence or connection in a sentence, the latter part of which does not follow on or correspond with the former part. This figure is so-called, because the construction with which … Continue reading “Anacoluthon; or, Non-sequence”