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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•naph•o•ra (ə naf′ər ə),USA pronunciation n. - Also called epanaphora. [Rhet.]repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. Cf. epistrophe (def. 1), symploce.
- [Gram.]the use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, as the use of it and do in I know it and he does too. Cf. cataphora.
- (sometimes cap.) [Eastern Ch.]
- the prayer of oblation and consecration in the Divine Liturgy during which the Eucharistic elements are offered.
- the part of the ceremony during which the Eucharistic elements are offered as an oblation.
- Greek: a bringing back, repeating, equivalent. to ana- ana- + -phora, akin to phérein to carry, bring; compare -phore, -phorous
- Late Latin
- 1580–90
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