analogion

American  

[ah-nah-law-yee-awn, an-l-oh-jee-on] / ˌɑ nɑˈlɔ ji ɔn, ˌæn lˈoʊ dʒiˌɒn /

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

• analogia,
  plural
• analogions
  plural

1. a lectern.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• analogia
  plural
• analogions
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of analogion

< Greek analogeîon, derivative of analégesthai to read through ( ana- ana- + légein to gather, collect, speak)

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Example Sentences

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analogia

It supported the view that analogia, not anomalia, should be the governing principle in grammar, i.e. that order should be introduced into the chaos of varying usages.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton

To sum up in a word, all things that have been invented ex analogia hominis.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron

The conception of the Old Testament in accordance with the analogia fidei, that is, in accordance with the conviction that this Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, was therewith given.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

New names were coined to denote forms possessed by Latin and not by Greek; ablative, for instance, was invented by Julius Caesar, who also wrote a treatise De analogia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

There may be a ground for such a distinction, ex analogia.

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

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