enchiridion

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But it is only fair to bear in mind that the Lay is less a poem than an enchiridion, a sort of Emersonian guide to the conduct of life rather than an exquisitely-presented summary of the thoughts of an Eastern pessimist.

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  1. noun A handbook; a manual.

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  • But it is only fair to bear in mind that the Lay is less a poem than an enchiridion, a sort of Emersonian guide to the conduct of life rather than an exquisitely-presented summary of the thoughts of an Eastern pessimist. —  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
  • -- Alani enchiridion de planctu seu conquestu naturæ, prosa et versu. —  The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts
  • He and Gwelches were both students of St. Cadoc and when they had got back from Flat Holm, they realized that they had left their enchiridion (religious manual) behind. —  Article Source
  • The plot twists were a little too convenient, and the language at times was a little unbelievable (okay she's an academic, but does that really give her the right to use the word enchiridion to describe a parenting book?). —  Bookworm
  • But it is only fair to bear in mind that the Lay is less a poem than an enchiridion, a sort of Emersonian guide to the conduct of life rather than an exquisitely-presented summary of the thoughts of an —  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
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  1. Late Latin enchīridion, from Greek enkheiridion : en-, in; see en-2 + kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots + -idion, diminutive suff.

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek ἐγχειρίδιον, a handbook, manual, neuter of ἐγχειρίδιος, in the hand, from ἐν, in, + χείρ, the hand.
 

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