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adminicle|ædˈmɪnɪk(ə)l|
Also 8 -cule.
[ad. L. adminicul-um a prop. Cf. Fr. adminicule, in Cotgr.]
1. Anything that aids or supports; an auxiliary.
a1556Cranmer Wks. I. 37 (D.) The author would have the sacraments..to be adminicles as it were. 1597J. King Jonah xxxv. (1864) 223 They adjoin fasting and sackcloth..as adminicles..to that effectual prayer of theirs. 1788Reid Aristotle's Log. iv. §2. 74 The invention contained in these verses is..so great an adminicle to the dexterous management of syllogisms. 1847Grote Greece III. ii. x. 99 The senate of five hundred..was a permanent adjunct and adminicle of the public assembly. 1872Daily News 2 Oct. 5 Floriculture and other adminicles of civilisation.
2. Law. Supporting or corroboratory evidence; that which, without forming complete proof in itself, contributes to prove a point. In Sc. Law, Any document or writing tending to prove the existence and tenor of a lost deed, which if it existed would have been full evidence.
1706Phillips, Adminicle..In Civil-Law, it signifies imperfect Proof. 1829Scott Hrt. Midl. xxiii. 178 Only as adminicles of testimony, tending to corroborate what is considered as legal and proper evidence.
3. Archæol. In pl. Ornaments which surround the figure on a medal or coin.
1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Among antiquaries, the term Adminicules is applied to the attributes or ornaments, wherewith Juno and some other figures are represented on medals. |