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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS

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Rite or liturgy is referred to with a capital; thus 'Byz.'=Byzantine rite: language is referred to without a capital; thus 'slav.' old slavonic. Where a rite or liturgy includes but one language, reference is made only to the rite or liturgy and the language is to be understood; thus 'Syr. Jac.,' 'Nest.,' 'Abyss.' mean severally the Syrian Jacobite, the Nestorian and the Abyssinian liturgies, each in its own language, syriac or ethiopic. Where several languages are included in a rite or liturgy, they are given in succession after the name of the rite or liturgy, which is not repeated (and it has not seemed necessary to label greek words): thus 'Byz... arab... slav... '= the greek, arabic and slavonic of the Byzantine rite. S. James and S. Mark have been so assimilated to Byz. use that they are generally included with Byz., and the Syr. Jac. and the Copt. liturgies are then treated as the norms of the Syrian and Egyptian rites respectively, and syriac and coptic are assumed to be their leading languages. Except where it is otherwise noted, Chaldaean usage and terminology may be assumed to be identical with Nestorian, but this has not always been verified and by way of precaution Nest.' has been used rather than Persian.' Only illustrative references are given. Cp. Clugnet Dictionnaire grec-français des noms liturgiques en usage dans l'église grecque Paris 1895: Maclean East Syrian daily offices Lond. 1894, pp. 291–301.

A. ENGLISH &C.

Abba (from syr. = 'father': Egypt., greek in copt. lit.; copt., sounded anba ; eth.): title of monastic saints (cp. 485.31) and of prelates.

Absolution or Penitence, Prayer of (Egypt.): (1) to the Son, before the lections, 148, 205, cp. 115: also 194. 9: (2) to the Father, before communion, 183, 235.

Agape (άyánη Jude 12): a common meal (pavos) originally preceding the eucharist and with it in effect, if not in intention, reproducing the Last Supper (kvρiaкòv deînvov I Cor. xi. 20). The two were generally separated by the middle of the second cent., but the old form survived in Egypt in the fifth cent., 509.49 and perhaps still the offertory,

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al.) 220. 27: Nest. zūmāra 258: Arm. alelou jaschou 426. Gk. тò ảλλ. includes the verse.

Altar. I. The Sanctuary q. v. II. The structure on which the holy mysteries are celebrated: called (1) Altar (Heb. xiii. 10), gen. Ovσiaσтýpiov (q. v.), very rarely Baμós 506. 23: Byz. in prayers Ovσiaστýpiov, arab. madhbaḥ (so Syr. Un. and Maron.): Syr. Jac., Nest. madhbha: Copt. manershōoushi, thysiastērion, arab. madhbaḥ, eth.meshwä’e. (2) Table (1 Cor. x. 21: see Table): Byz. in rubrics † ȧyía τpáñeja, arab. alma'idah almukaddasah, slav. swyathaya trapeza, arm. surb seghan: Syr. Jac. pothuro dhaiye 75. 21: Egypt. трáпesа 318. 26, copt. trapeza, arab. ma'idah 124. 28: 148. 15, 27. (3) Throne (Is. vi. 1): Byz. Opóvos occasionally, slav. prestol generally: Syr. Jac. and Nest. trūnūs 69. 19: 287. 16. (4) Tabernacle (Heb. ix. 3): Arm. khoran 416. 26. For early material and structure, see 476. 7: 484. 32: 506. 23 524.4 530. 33. The altar is now generally of masonry, square, standing free, and surmounted by a ciborium or baldakyn (530. 34), the columns of which generally rest upon or are close to the corners of the table; but the Nest. ciborium is much larger than the altar. The Arm. altar is exceptional, being oblong like the western, and recessed into the screen across the apse: and both Arm. and Syr. Jac. have gradines at the back. The Maron. altar is simply assimilated to Latin form. See Gospel, Lights, Veil II. III. The altar in heaven (23. 17: 36. 8: 129. 21: 171. 1 &c.), the ideal centre of the church's prayers and offerings, Apoc. viii. 3-5 Iren. Haer. iv. 18 § 6.

Ambo (Byz. άμßwv, arab. anbăn, slav. amwon, Melk. arab. ambūnūn, Copt. arab. anbal). The Pulpit. In Ap. Const. ὑψηλόν τι (3. 11: 29. 25 : 461. 19); formerly in the middle of the

church (cp. 'Orioláμßwvos), now at the N. side of the nave. Used (1) for

the reading of the lections 537. 34, and the recitation of the verses of responsory psalms 518. 25 (see Antiphon): hence called τὸ βῆμα τῶν ἀναγνωστῶν 531. 50 : (2) for the deacon's recitations, e. g. dismissals 3. 11, and perhaps the diptychs (Labbé-Cossart Concilia v. 1154C): (3) occasionally for preaching, 531. 45. For all purposes but the singing of the Gospel, in the Orthodox church the terrace before the altar-screen has now taken the place of the ambo: cp. 162. 22: 275.7 531. 4.

Anaphora (cp.'Avacopá): the 'offer. ing up' of the eucharistic sacrifice. Hence (1) properly the thanksgiving and consecration and the accompanying intercession (492. 10): extended to inIclude the whole of the rite from the sursum corda to the dismissal, and then to include the other prayers of the m. of the faithful which vary with the anaphora proper. (Byz. ἀναφορά, προσκομdź: Syr. Jac. annaphūra, ķūrōbho, Syr. Un. annaphūra, arab. nāfūrah, Maron. annaphura, arab.näfür: Nest. küddāsha: Copt. anafora, agiasmos, arab. kuddās, eth. keddāsē, 'enfōrā zameshṭīr 'anaph. of the mystery,' acuatēta ķu®rbān' thanksgiving of the offering.") (2) The Oblate: see Bread I. (3) The great veil covering the oblation see Veil III. (4) Arm. weraberouthiun, the Great Entrance: see Entrance 2.

Antiminsion (ȧvriμívσiov prob. a hybrid from ȧvrí, mensa: arab. andīmīsī: slav. antimins: Byz., Syr. Un.). A consecrated corporal, originally no doubt of linen, now of silk. Byz., formerly used when the altar was unconsecrated, in place of the Elλŋτóv (q. v.) or unconsecrated corporal; now used al ways, along with the elλŋróv. In Syr. Jac., Un.and Maron., Copt., Abyss.,Nest.(?) the tabella or altar-board (Syr. Jac. tablitho, Syr. Un. and Maron, arab. tablīth: Copt

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