ecclesiasticism

[English ecclesiastic; leges and views. ěc-cle-şi-as-ti-cus, s . [Lat. Ecclesiastic us , s., ecclesiastic us , s. & a.; Gr. ekklēsiastikos (1) pertaining to the a embly of citizens; (2) pertaining to the Church.] Apocrypha: The name given in the Latin version to a work called in Greek Sophia Iēsou hyiou Sirach the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. The Latin name implies that it was a book used in the worship of the Church. It was penned in Palestine, and "in Hebrew," by which probably is meant Aramean; but this first composition is lost. The grandson of the original writer translated it into Greek in the reign of Euergetes. There were two pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0748.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0749.png:[blocks in formation] Optical Instruments : A large lens, constructed in hedgehog several pieces, to be put together afterward. It ont .) (q. v.).] consists of a plano-convex lens, surrounded by a series of angular and concentric segments, each of closely akin to or identical with the typical genus which has a plane face on the same side as the plane face of the central lens, while the faces on the other side have such a curvature that the foci of the different segments coincide in the same point. Echelon lenses are used in lighthouses, for which it is difficult to construct lenses each of a single piece. ( Ganot , § 520.) ěch-e-ne-is, s. [Lat. echeneis the remora; Gr. echenēis =1 (as adj.) holding ships back, 2 (as subst.) the remora: echo = to have, to hold, and naus = a ship.], Bot .: Pertaining, relating, or akin to the alliance Echiales, or to the genus Echium. (Lindley: Veget. Kingdom (3d ed.), p. 649.) Botany: An alliance of Perigynous Exogens. It has dichlamydeous, mon apetalous, symmetrical or unsymmetrical flowers, nucamentaceous fruit, consisting of one-seeded nuts, or of clusters of them separate or separable, and a large embryo with little or no albumen. It contains the follow- ing orders: (1) Jasminacese, (2) Salvadoracese, (3) Ehretiaceae, (4) Nolanaceae, (5) Boraginacere, (6) Bru non i a cere, (7) Lamiacere, (8) Verbena cere, (9) Myoporacese, and (10) Selaginacese. ( Lindley .) [ECHIUM.] ě-chid-ną, s. [Gr. echidna =an adder, a viper.] 1. Zool .: A genus of mammals, the typical one of the family Echidnide. Four species are known. The most common are, Echidna hystrix , from New South Wales, and E. setosa , from that region also, but more frequently from Tasmania. The remain- ing two are from New Guinea. They are burrowing animals, from fifteen to eighteen inches long, and feed on ants and termites. [ECHIDNIDE.] 2. Palæont .: A gigantic Echidna occurs in the e-chid-nin, e-chid-nine, s. [Eng. echidn(a); in , or ine .] A nitrogenous fluid present in the poison secretion of the viper; serpent venom. ěch-i-mỹs, tě-chi-no-mys, s . [Gr. echinos a 1. Zool .: Spiny Rat: a genus of Mammals, family Octodontide. Incisors, canines 8-8, cheek teeth 1=20. Back covered with shortish spines or bristles. The species inhabit South America. 2. Palæont .: Remains of an Echimys have been found in the bone caves of Brazil. ěch-i-nāte, ěch-i-nāt-ěd, a. [Lat. ech in at us , from echinus q.v.).] 1. Zool .: Furnished with prickles or spines. 2. Bot .: Furnished with numerous rigid hairs or straight prickles, as the fruit of Castanea vesca. IMG:content-0750.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0751.png:[blocks in formation] echinoderm a