Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
hieron .
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Examples
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On the special attribution of epilepsy to daemoniacal influence illustrated by the name hiera nosos, see Hippocrates, De Morbo Sacro.
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Diminutives and purges may [4383] be taken as before, of hiera, manna, cassia, which Montanus consil.
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All [4239] drying medicines are to be repelled, as aloe, hiera, and all pills whatsoever, because the disease is dry of itself.
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After I figured out how to patch my Thunderbird to allow for OPML export, I had most of my feeds set up, except that it ignored the hiera ...
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It is hiera picra, [9] two spoonfuls, devilish stuff!
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The Yarrow, from _hiera_, holy herb (_Achillea millefolium_), or
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Greeks, who call it [Greek: hiera nosos], the holy sickness.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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It is not to be interpreted as hiera arche (sacred office), but as hieron arche (office of sacred rites) (Petavius, "De angelis", II, ii, 2).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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More than that: what he says is, that every writing, -- every several book of those hiera grammata, or Holy Scriptures, in which Timothy had been instructed from his childhood, -- is inspired by God [330].
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Concoct hiera picra, rhubarb beer, and oil of charity; and sympathize over sprains, whitloes, and broken shins.
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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