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- noun Plural form of
anaphora .
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The anaphoras of the various Oriental Rites, whether in Greek, Syriac, Armenian, the Slavic languages, etc., contain the verbal equivalent of the Latin pro multis in their respective languages.
Pro multis means "for many," Vatican rules Argent 2006
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The anaphoras of the various Oriental Rites, whether in Greek, Syriac, Armenian, the Slavic languages, etc., contain the verbal equivalent of the Latin pro multis in their respective languages.
The Letter: good news pro multis Argent 2006
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In popular language we use the term "wiser man," as readily as "better artist" really denoting in each case different degrees of approximation to Practical Wisdom and Art respectively, [Greek: dia to ginesthai tous epainous di anaphoras].
Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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There are, it is true, alternative anaphoras which are used either ad libitum, as in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The principal Eastern liturgies follow St. Paul's words in I Cor., xi, 23-25, and date the Institution by the betrayal, en te nykti, he paredidoto (in the night in which He was betrayed), and of the less important anaphoras, most either use the same expression or paraphrase it.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Syrians, whether of the Maronite, Syrian, Catholic, or Syro-Chaldaic rite, have the peculiarity (not found in other liturgies) of inserting different anaphoras or canons of the Mass, composed at various times by different Syrian saints; these change according to the feast celebrated, somewhat analogously to the Preface in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The principal anaphoras or canons of the Mass used by the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Syro-Catholics confine themselves to the anaphoras of St. John the Evangelist, St. James, St Peter, St. John Chrysostom, St. Xystus the Pope of Rome,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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a large number of anaphoras or canons of the Mass, containing changeable forms of the consecration service.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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