ANAPHORA


Meaning of ANAPHORA in English

əˈnaf(ə)rə, in sense 2 “or ˌänəfəˈrä noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek, act of carrying up, ascent, offering, from anapherein to carry up, from ana- + pherein to carry — more at bear

1.

a. : repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

b. : use of a grammatical substitute to refer to a preceding word or group of words (as use of does in place of dances in “Mary dances better than June does”)

2. often capitalized

[Late Greek, from Greek, offering]

Eastern Church

a. : a eucharistic prayer of consecration in the divine liturgy

b. : the portion of the liturgy in which the eucharistic elements are offered as an oblation

c. : the eucharistic oblation

• anaph·o·ral əˈnaf(ə)rəl adjective

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