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▪ I. ‖ symphonia1|sɪmˈfəʊnɪə|
Also 6 sum-.
[L. symphōnia, a. Gr. συµϕωνία symphony.]
1. = symphony 2, 3.
1579Lodge Def. Plays (Shaks. Soc.) 21 [Music] drawing his original from the motion of the stars, from the agreement of the planets..and from al those celestial circles where there is ethir perfit agreement or ony Sumphonia.
2. = symphony 1. (After Vulgate, Dan. iii. 5.)
1864Pusey Lect. Daniel i. 29 There is no evidence of any actual instrument called ‘symphonia’, until times when it would be altogether a new instrument.
3. = symphony 5.
1724Short Explic. For. Wds. in Mus. Bks., Symphonia, or Simphonia, a Symphony; by which is to be understood Airs in Two, Three, or Four Parts, for Instruments of any Kind; or the Instrumental Parts of Songs [etc.].
▪ II. ‖ symphonia2 Obs.
[med.L., reduced f. med.L. symphoniaca, a. Gr. συµϕωνιακή. Cf. OF. simphonie.]
a. The plant henbane, or a drug made from it.
b. A species of amaranth.
In mod. Bot., a genus of the N.O. Guttiferæ.
1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 308 Poysoned, drinke one dramme of Symphonia. 1728Bradley Dict. Bot., Symphonia, i.e. Amaranthus tricolor. |