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Definition of Prothesis
1. n. A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.
Definition of Prothesis
1. Noun. (linguistics) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (term nother), from (term other) (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish (term esfera lang=es) from Latin (term sphaera sphere lang=la). ¹
2. Noun. a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church ¹
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Definition of Prothesis
1. [n -THESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothesis
Literary usage of Prothesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"In this sense the term prothesis corresponds to the modern Credence. It is remarked
by Renaudot that the term " altare minus" is improperly applied to the ..."
2. Annals of Ophthalmology (1917)
"In the last two years the contributor of "A Suggestion for an Improved prothesis"
has not been so well pleased with the artificial eye as has many of his ..."
3. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1901)
"The altars of prothesis were obviously a necessary part of the furniture of the
church so long as ... It appears that one table of prothesis often sufficed; ..."
4. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"prothesis. 229. This is a purely Greek peculiarity; no certain instances are
known in Latin, prou,^ occurs prothesis is the appearance of a vowel ..."
5. A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language: In which Its Forms are by Francis Andrew March (1873)
"prothesis is found of A, i consonant (</), and p by blunder (§). Apparent prothesis
of b, g, ge, n, 8, ... Real prothesis is pretty common in Greek ..."
6. The Liturgies of S. Mark, S. James, S. Clement, S. Chrysostom, and the by John Mason Neale, Orthodox Eastern Church, Mark, Catholic Church, James, Clement, Chrysostom (1859)
"The Priest and Deacon go to the prothesis, (l) and wash their hands, (2) saying,
... Then they make three adorations before the prothesis, and each saith, ..."
7. Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground by Arthur Fairbanks (1914)
"(3) The prothesis Scene Of the scenes on white ... purely imaginative, while the
prothesis scene is absolutely literal and realistic. ..."
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