单词 | anaphora |
释义 | anaphoran. 1. a. Rhetoric. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > at beginning of successive clauses anaphoraOE report1589 epanaphora1678 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 164 Anaphora ys þæt syxte hiw; þæt ys on Lyden gecweden relatio uel repetitio and on Englisc gelomlicnys, þonne þæt uers onginð on forewerd eallswa þæt oðer. 1572 T. Drant Fruitfull Serm. conc. Almes Geuing sig. F.i The Prophet Ieremy vseth the figure Anaphora in begynning certeine Verses. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xi. 24) iii. 113 Three times by an elegant Anaphora is this phrase, by faith, used. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Anaphora..such is this of the psalmist: The voice of the Lord is powerful: the voice of the Lord is full of majesty: the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness. 1885 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 16 125 After two successive relatives brought in by anaphora, there are poured out seven successive participial appositions. 2008 Jrnl. Irish Stud. 23 21 The tasteful deployment of chiasmus and anaphora. b. Grammar and Linguistics. The use of a word or phrase which refers to, or is a substitute for, another word or phrase in a text or conversation, so as to avoid repetition (e.g. pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, or the verb do in if you go, I will do too); the use of an anaphor or anaphors; (sometimes spec.) the use of such a word or phrase which refers back to a preceding word or phrase (in contrast to cataphora n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > types of grammatical reference anaphora1933 deixis1949 anaphoric1951 anaphoricity1971 endophora1976 exophora1976 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xvi. 266 The word one..replaces a with anaphora of the noun when no other modifier is present (Here are some apples; take one). 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics vi. 248 Membership of these gender classes also governs the lexical relationship of anaphora or back reference which may hold across sentence boundaries. 2003 A. Curzan Gender Shifts in Hist. Eng. i. 15 Anaphora is fundamentally a discourse phenomenon: not only does its domain exceed the sentence, but it carries specific discourse functions. 2. Christian Church. The part of the Eucharist that includes the consecration, anamnesis, and communion.In the Western Church of the Latin Rite generally known as the Canon of the Mass (cf. canon n.1 6). [Quot. a1613 shows use as part of the post-classical Latin phrase Anaphora Basilii, lit. ‘Anaphora of (Saint) Basil’.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [noun] swimessec1000 canon1395 anaphora1661 a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Lang. & Relig. (1614) xxvi. 194 The Liturgie commonly termed Anaphora Basilij, which, we haue by Masius translated out of the Syriaque into Latine (and is found in Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum) is the Iacobites Liturgie.] 1661 J. Davies tr. D. Blondel Treat. Sibyls ii. xviii. 125 In the Anaphora [Fr. l'Anaphore], or Liturgie, translated out of the Syriack, and attributed to St. Basil. 1744 T. Rattray in Anc. Liturgy Church of Jerusalem Pref. p. iii All that Part, both of this and the other ancient Liturgies, which precedes the Anaphora, is a latter Addition to the Service of the Church. 1832 W. Palmer Origines Liturg. I. 27 Omitting..any comparison of the introductions of these two liturgies, I will compare their Anaphoræ, or solemn offices. 1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy i. v. 22 These Nestorian Liturgies differ in the Anaphora, but the Ordinary of the Mass is the same in all. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iii. 141 Their eucharistic rite, the Anaphora of the Apostles Addai and Mari, is the oldest Christian liturgy still in use anywhere in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE |
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