Origenist (orijenist)

[ held by or attributed to Origen.-2. A mem ber of a sect mentioned by Epiphanius as followers of some unknown person named Origen. He attributes shameful vices to them, but supplies no further information concerning them. Or i gen is tic (or"i-je-nis'tik), a. [ Fletcher , Faithful Shepherde , iv. 2. origin (or'i-jin), n. [OF. origine, also orine , Their mouths With hideous orifice gaped on us wide. IMG:content-1846.jpg:[blocks in formation] or the state of being turned toward the east. Specifically-(a) The position of worshipers facing to ward the east, or, in Christian worship, toward that end of a church which is known as the eastern end; especially ( eccles.), that position of a priest celebrating the eucharist in which he faces the altar; the eastward position. Where among the lower races sun-worship begins to consolidate itself in systematic ritual, the orientation of the worshipper and the temple becomes usual and distinct. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 384. (b) Such a position of a corpse in a grave that the head is toward the west and the feet toward the east. The same symbolism of east and west has taken shape in actual ceremony, giving rise to a series of practices concerning the posture of the dead in their graves and the living in their temples, practices which may be cla ed under the general heading of Orientation . E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 382. (c) The construction or position of a church so that it has that end which contains the chancel or sanctuary in the direction of the east. The very ancient practice of orientation in the building of churches can hardly be set aside as “a High Church piece of pedantry." Allusion to worship towards the east and in this country, at least, orientation has been practised from the first introduction of Christianity into these isl. ands down to the present time, with the interruption of the Great Rebellion. N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 469. be found in the early liturgies and Church (d) Hence, the position of a building or of any object with reference to any point of the compa . The later builders of Thebes appear to have had no notion of orientation , but to have placed their buildings and tombs so as to avoid regularity, and facing in every conceivable direction. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., Ι. 96. See the adjectives.