synecđoche, sinecdoche, synec doch

[ Lat.synecdoche, from Gr. synekdoche =a receiving together: syn =together, and ekdechomai =to receive; Fr. synecdoche.] Rhet.: A figure of speech by which the whole of a thing is taken for the part, or a part for the whole, as the genus for the species, or the species for the genus. "And the same philologer further adds, the gods or stars, do by a synecdoche signifie all things, or the whole world." Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 358. syn-ěc-doch-ic-al, adj . [Eng. synecdoch(e): -ical.] Of the nature of a synecdoche; expre ed by or implying a synecdoche. "Isis is used for Thamesis, by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty." -Drayton : Mrs. Shore to Edward IV . (Note 2.) syn-ěc-doch-Ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. synecdoch ical ; -ly .] According to the synecdochical mode of speaking; by means of a synecdoche. "The decalogue is indeed peculiarly called the ally."-Barrow: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 15. covenant between God and that people! viz., synecdochic