Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabema
Literary usage of Parabema
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms by Orby Shipley (1872)
"Par. I. A husband or wife. 2. A companion. 3. A peer. parabema. The prothesis
and sacristy when divided by walls from the central bema. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"parabema. In buildings of the Greek Church, a room or division closely connected
with the bema, differently described by different authorities. ..."
3. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"parabema. — A Greek term, descriptive of the recesses or side-chapels in an
Eastern church, to the right or left of the sanctuary. ..."
4. A History of the Holy Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1850)
"... is named parabema. I may observe, that it is very rare to meet with more than
one door from the bema to the prothesis. ..."
5. The Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, for the Use of by American Railway Association (1906)
".Parabasal.... Have shipment(s) prepaid and forwarded and weight. • Can you raise
prepay on your waybill? will remit 38.. parabema. ..."
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