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Definition of Enchiridion
1. Noun. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Specialized synonyms: Manual, Bible, Guide, Guidebook, Ready Reckoner, Reckoner
Definition of Enchiridion
1. n. Handbook; a manual of devotions.
Definition of Enchiridion
1. Noun. A handbook or manual. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enchiridion
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enchiridion
Literary usage of Enchiridion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More by Frederic Seebohm (1869)
"The ' enchiridion' was, in truth, a re-echo of the very The -En- ... On the
contrary, I think there may be traced in the ' enchiridion'2 a tendency to ..."
2. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"ARRIAN |HE «enchiridion" of Epictetus for which the modern world is indebted ...
As a handbook of the teachings of Epictetus, the w enchiridion " has been a ..."
3. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"THE enchiridion OF EPICTETUS. ... Editor lias been induced to print this Translation
of the enchiridion of Epictetus, by Lady Mary Pierrepont, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"FROM THE <enchiridion' THE BASIS OF PHILOSOPHY are things which are within our
power, and there are things which are beyond our power. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1845)
"... to the writings of those by whom they were originally suggested, or of some
able compilation as that under consideration. DFC ART. XVII.—enchiridion ..."