anaphora
Also called epanaphora. Rhetoric. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.: Compare epistrophe (def. 1), symploce.
Grammar. the use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, as the use of it and do in I know it and he does too.: Compare cataphora.
Sometimes Anaphora .Eastern Church.
the prayer of oblation and consecration in the Divine Liturgy during which the Eucharistic elements are offered.
the part of the ceremony during which the Eucharistic elements are offered as an oblation.
Origin of anaphora
1Other words from anaphora
- a·naph·o·ral, adjective
- pre·a·naph·o·ral, adjective
Words Nearby anaphora
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British Dictionary definitions for anaphora
/ (əˈnæfərə) /
rhetoric the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Origin of anaphora
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