ecphonesis

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  1. In rhetoric, a figure which consists in the use of an exclamation, question, or other form of words used interjectionally to express some sudden emotion, such as joy, sorrow, fear, wonder, indignation, anger, or impatience. Also called exclamation.
  2. In the Gr. Ch., one of those parts of the service which are said by the priest or officiant in an audible or elevated voice. The greater part of the liturgy is said secretly—that is, in a low or inaudible tone (μυστικω%26ς, an adverb equivalent to the secrete or secreto of the Latin Church). The ecphoneses, on the other hand, are said aloud (ἐκφώνως, an adverb answering to the phrases intelligibili voce, clara voce, of the Roman Missal, with an audible voice, with a loud voice, in the English Prayer-Book). They generally form the conclusion of a prayer which the priest has said secretly, and contain a doxology or ascription to the Trinity. The benediction at the beginning of the Liturgy of the Catechumens and that at the commencement of the Anaphora in the Constantinopolitan liturgies are said in this way. Also called the exclamation.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἐκφώνησις, pronunciation, an exlamation, from ἐκφωνεῑν, pronounce, cry out: see ecphonema.
 

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