Agomphia (agomfia)

pl. [NL., neut. pl. Agnus Dei (de'). [LL, Lamb of God.) (a) Any image or representation of a lamb as emblematical of Christ; of agomphius : see agomphious .] A name given IMG:content-0409.png:[blocks in formation] specifically, such a representation with the nimbus inscribed with the cro about its head, and supporting the banner of the cro . (b) One of the titles of Christ. John 1. 29. (c) In the Rom. Cath. Ch. (1) A waxen medallion ble ed by the pope and stamped with the figure of a lamb bearing the banner of the cro . It is worn by Roman Catholics as a supplication to be preserved from evil by the merits of the Lamb of God. Anciently these cakes of wax were often mounted or inclosed in precious metals, etc., but this is not now permitted. Relics of the saints were sometimes preserved within them. (2) A prayer, beginning with these words, said by the priest at ma shortly before the communion. (d) In the Gr. Ch., the cloth bearing the figure of a lamb which covers the communion service. -Agnus Scythicus (sith'i-kus), the Scythian or Tatarian lamb, a fabulous creature, half animal, half plant, formerly believed to inhabit the plains bordering upon the Volga; in reality, the shaggy rhizome of the fern Dicks on i a Baro metz, which when inverted and suitably trimmed somewhat resembles a small lamb. ago, agone (a-gō', a-gôn'), a. and adv. [ME. ago, Agnus Scythicus (Dicks on i a Barometz). agon, agoon, pp. of agon, pa ed away: always after the noun. Of this world the feyth is all agon. IMG:content-0410.png:[blocks in formation] agog (a-gog'), prep. phr. as adv. or a. [Formerly on gog, on gogge, perhaps by Ehrenberg to those rotifers which have toothle jaws. [Not in use.] agomphian (a-gom'fi-än), n. One of the Agom phi a.