n.1 Rhet. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
2 Gram. the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition (e.g. do in I like it and so do they).
3 Eccl. the part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion.
Derivatives:
anaphoric adj.
Etymology: L f. Gk, repetition (as ANA-, phero to bear)