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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A handbook; a manual.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A book to be carried in the hand; a manual; a handbook.
  2. n. Specifically— A Roman Catholic service-book containing the Little Office of the Virgin.
  3. n. An ecclesiastical manual of the Greek Church.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A handbook or manual.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Handbook; a manual of devotions.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheiridion), from ἐν (en, "in") + χείρ (kheir, "hand") + a diminutive suffix. (Wiktionary)
  2. Late Latin enchīridion, from Greek enkheiridion : en-, in; + kheir, hand; + -idion, diminutive suff. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “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?).”

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  • “And at enchiridion-militis.com, every writer posts this little cross †after her/his name.”

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  • “Yes, Officer, the registration is in the glove compartment, right next to the enchiridion.”

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  • “I decided in the end not to bestow an enchiridion upon Dana -- it was just a bit too flavorful for this particular story/voice -- but here are some other suggested uses for it: Honey, the blender's broken.”

    Excellent Word of the Day: enchiridion

  • “Called a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, this 'propaedeutic enchiridion' came with its own power pack, a voice-recognition interface, 'smart paper' computer pages, 'nanoreceptors' to measure the reader's pulse, and a database that amounted to 'a catalogue of the collective unconscious. ”

    Cri de Coeur

  • “Laurentius wanted a handbook (enchiridion) that would sum up the essential Christian teaching in the briefest possible form.”

    Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler

  • “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

  • “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

  • “It is an impious but comic enchiridion of almost all violence, all done, curiously, in a mannered style - he tended to draw people in extended and vaguely balletic postures - and in arch, elegant forms.”

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  • “-- 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

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  • milosrdenstvi Greek en (in) + cheir (hand) + diminutive... in typical use now, a handbook, doubtless influenced by the work by Epictetus of the same name, but originally could mean either handbook or dagger. May 25, 2010

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