apostacy

See apostasy. a post as is (a-pos'ta-sis), n. [ tion of floral whorls or of parts from each other by the unusual elongation of the internodes. apostasy (a-pos'ta-si), n.; pl. apostasies (-siz). [ IMG:content-0964.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0965.png:[blocks in formation] a posterior i (ā pos-te-ri-ō'rī). [ML.: L. a for ab , from; posterior i , abl. of posterior , neut. pos- terius , compar. of poster us , afte after, subsequent: see posterior .] Literally, from the latter or subsequent; hence, in logic , from a conse- quent to its antecedent, or from an effect to its cause: used of reasoning which follows this order, formerly called dem onst ratio qui a , or im- perfect demonstration. The phrase is also used ad- jectively: as, a posterior i reasoning. As applied by Kant and all modern writers to knowledge, it is equivalent to from experience, or empirical ; and it is opposed by him to a prior i , that is, from the intellect independently of all experience. See a prior i. Inversely, the elaborate Homeric use of Cretan trad i- tional fables furnishes an a posterior i argument that Ho- mer did seek this island. a posterior is tic (a-pos-teri-ō-ris'tik), a. [ posterior i teriori +-ist-ic.] 1. Empirical; inductive. -2. Having a somewhat empirical or indue- tive character. [Rare.] aposthumet, n. A corrupt form of apostem . apostil, apostille (a-pos'til), n. [ F.apostille : see postil .] A marginal note or annotation; christening gift in the six- apostle-spoon (a-pos'l-spön), n . A spoon hav- ing on its handle, usually at the end, the figure of one of the apostles. A set of twelve of these spoons, or sometimes a small- er number, often formed a He scrawled apostilles on the margins to prove that he had read with attention. Motley , Dutch Republic, I. 249. apostil (a-pos'til), v . t.; pret. and pp. a postiled , a postilled , ppr. a postiling , a postilling . [F. a postiller; from the noun.] To annotate by marginal observations or comments. apostille, n. See apostil . apostle (a-pos'l), n. [Early mod. E. also by apheresis postle , apostle , apostel , apostell , a post ill , etc., and by apheresis postle , postel , AS. apostol = OFries. apostol , apostel = D. G. Sw. Dan. apostel , the ME. form being mixed with OF. apostle , later apostre , mod. F. apótre , = Pr. apotro = Sp. apóstol = Pg. It. apostolo , apostolus , an apostle, also a notice sent to a higher tribunal or judge (def. 4), = Goth. apaustaulus , apaustulus = Ru . apostolŭ = Pol. apostol (barred 1), etc., an apostle, αποστέλλειν , send away, send off, esp. on a mis- sion, ἀπό , off, away, + στέλλειν , send.] 1. A person sent to execute some important busine : among the Jews of the Christian epoch, a title borne by persons sent on foreign mi ions, espe- cially by those commi ioned to collect the temple tribute; specifically adopted by Christ as the official title of twelve of his disciples chosen and sent forth to preach the gospel to the world (Luke vi. 13); afterward applied in the New Testament to others who performed Carlyle. apostolic functions, as Paul and Barnabas, and once to Christ himself (Heb. iii. 1). In the Greek Church this title is given "not only to the Twelve, but to the Seventy Disciples, and to other Apostolic men who were the companions of the Apostles properly so called." the J. M. first Neale .) Christian In mi ionaries later usage the in any title part has been of the given world, to and to the pioneers of any great moral reform: as, St. Augustine, the apostle of the English; St. Boniface, the apostle of Germany; St. Francis Xavier, the apostle of the Have you no convulsions, pricking aches, sir, Ruptures, or apostemates ? John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians; Theobald Mathew, the apostle of temperance. 2. In the Mormon Ch., the title of an official whose duty it is to be a special witne of the name of Christ, to build up and preside over the church, and to administer in all its ordinances. There are twelve of these officials, who rank next after the president and his two a istants, and constitute a Presid- ing High Council charged with the penal regulation of the affairs of the church and the settlement of important matters. 3. In the liturgy of the early church, and in the modern Greek Church, the le on from the epistles, usually taken from the writings of St. Paul; Paul; also, a book containing these le ons, printed print in the order in which they are to be read.-4. In law , a brief statement of a case sent by a court whence an appeal has been taken to a superior court. This sense belonged to the Latin apostolus among the Roman jurists, and was commonly used until a late date in the tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church. 5. Naut . , a knighthead or bollard-timber where hawsers and heavy ropes are belayed.--Acts of the Apostles. See act . - Apostles' Creed, an early con- fe ion of faith, of universal acceptance in the Christian church, preserved in substantially its present form from the close of the fourth century, but in its precise wording from about A. D. 500.- Apostles' gems, in Christian sym- bolism, various gems a igned to the twelve apostles ac- cording to the twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem teenth and seventeenth cen- turies. The old apostle- spoons which still exist are generally of silver gilt. Now, by my faith, a fair high standing-cup And two great ' postle - spoons , one of them gilt. Middle ton , Chaste Maid, iii. 2. apostolate (a-postō- lat), n. [ lat us , office of an apos- tle, apostolus , apostle.] 1. The dignity or office of an apostle. That the apostolate might be succe ive and perpetual, Christ gave them [the apos- tles] a power of ordination. Jer. Taylor , Episcopacy [A erted, § 3. The ministry originally co- in cided with the apostolate . Schaff , Hist. Christ. Church, [I. 60. per; to St. Andrew, sapphire; and so on according to the order of their calling (Mat. x. 2, 3, 4), except that St. Thomas and St. Matthew interchange, and Matthias takes the place of Judas. - Apostles' ointment, an ointment formerly used which was supposed to derive its virtues chiefly from the fact that it was composed of twelve ingre- ter or letters regularly sounded and written, and omitted only in poetical or colloquial speech, as in o'er for over, don't for do not, etc.; or (c) of a letter regularly sounded but not written, as in the po e ives church's, fox's, Jones's, etc., and so formerly often in similar plurals now written in full, as churches, foxes, Joneses. The apostrophe is now extended to all po e ives (except of pronouns) as a mere sign of the case, as boy's , lion's , etc., also when the suffix is omitted, as in conscience ' sake , and in plural po e ives, as boys', lions'; and it is still used in some unusual or pe- culiar plurals, as many D. D.'s and LL . D.'s , a succe ion of a's , four 9's, etc. 3. The sign (') used for other purposes, espe- cially, single or double, as a concluding mark of quotation, as in “ “Well done,' said he." See quotation - mark . apostrophic (ap-o-str of'ik), a. [ apostrophe + -ic.] In rhet . , pertaining to, resembling, or of the nature of an apostrophe. lic Apostolic Church, a name adopted by the sect popuapostrophic2 (ap-o-str of'ik), a. [ apostrophe2 larly known as Irvingites . See Irvingite . +-ic.] In gram . , pertaining to the apostrophe. apos trophi zel (a-pos'tro-fiz), v .; pret. and pp. apostrophized , ppr. apostrophizing . [ apo strop hare , > F. apos- tropher.] I. trans . In rhet ., to addre by apos- trop he. There is a peculiarity in Homer's manner of apostro- phizing Eumæus, and speaking of him in the second per- II. in trans. To make an apostrophe or short digre ive addre in speaking; speak in the manner of an apostrophe. Also spelled apostrophise . or letters. (b) To mark such omi ion with the sign ('). apostrophyt, n. apostumet, n. Apotactic (ap-ō-tak'tik), n. Same as Apotactite . Apotactite (ap-o-tak'tīt), n. [ A pot act itæ , pl., Ἀποτακτῖται , pl., ἀπότακτος , set apart for a special use, specially appointed, verbal adj. of ἀποτάσσειν , set apart, a ign spe- cially, από , from, + τάσσειν , arrange, ordain: see tactic .] One of a community of ancient Chris- tians who, in imitation of the recorded acts of certain of the first followers of Christ, added to the ascetic vows of the Encratites, of whom they were a branch, a renunciation of all personal property: probably the same as the early Apos- tolics. See Apostolic , n ., 1 ( a ). 1 ounce (3) 1 dram (3) apotelesmt (a-pot'e-lezm), n. [ ἀποτέλεσμα , result, effect, event, the result of certain pos i- tions of the stars on human destiny, N. E. D. -2. In med . , the result or termination of a disease.-3. In astrol ., the calculation of a nativity. Bailey . IMG:content-0966.png:[subsumed][merged small][graphic][ocr errors][subsumed] IMG:content-0967.png:[blocks in formation] apostrophe (a-postrō-fē), п. pron. confused with apostrophel ; prop. * apo- stroph = G. apostroph = Sw. Dan. apostrof = F. apostrophe = Sp. apóstrofo = Pg. apostropho = It. apostrofo , in E. first in LL. form apostrophus , apostrophus , apostrophos , Gr. ἀπόστροφος , IMG:content-0968.png:[blocks in formation] a shop, = D. apotheek = G. apotheke = Dan. Sw. apothek , an apothecary's shop, apotheca , a repository, storehouse, warehouse, ML. a shop, store, ἀποθήκη , a repository, storehouse, ἀποτιθέναι , put away, vay, ἀπό , away, + τιθέναι , put, > θήκη , a case, box, chest: see apo- and theca .] A shop; especially, a drug-shop. apothecary (a-poth'e-ka-ri), n.; pl. apotheca- ries (-riz). [Early mod. E. also by apheresis pothecary, poticary, etc., apothicaire , = Sp. Pg. boticario , apothecary, = It. bottegajo , a shopkeeper, = D. G. Dan. apo- theker = Sw. apothekare , apo the car i us , a apothec .] One who prac- tises pharmacy; a skilled person who prepares sale; a pharmacist. In England and Ireland the term is now specifically applied to a member of an inferior any of the poetical profe ion licensed after exam in a as well as to sell and dispense drugs. In Scotland, how- ever, as in the United States, an apothecary is simply a Apothecaries' Act, an English statute of 1815 (55 Geo. III., c. 194) regulating the busine of apothecaries, the examination of drugs, etc. - Apothecaries' Company, IMG:content-0969.png:[blocks in formation] apothem deposited when vegetable infusions, decoctions, tinctures, etc., are subjected to prolonged evaporation by heat with acce of air. The substance or substances out of which it is in this way formed constitute the so-called extractive. apothem a (a-poth'e-mä), n. [NL.: see apothem.] Same as apothem.