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