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12-07-2015, 02:08 PM
\ en-kahy-RID-ee-uhn \ , noun;
1.
A handbook; manual.
Quotes:
For you offer us the postulation that we can, in the shadow, or rather the radiance, of your own enchiridion , go and do likewise.
-- Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
Sarah and Isaac were romping noisily about and under the beds; Rachel was at the table, knitting a scarf for Solomon; grandmother pored over a bulky enchiridion for pious women, written in jargon.
-- Israel Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto
Origin:
Enchiridion stems from the Greek root cheir meaning "hand". The prefix en- means "within", so the noun means "in the hand". The suffix -idion denotes a diminutive form of another word.
1.
A handbook; manual.
Quotes:
For you offer us the postulation that we can, in the shadow, or rather the radiance, of your own enchiridion , go and do likewise.
-- Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
Sarah and Isaac were romping noisily about and under the beds; Rachel was at the table, knitting a scarf for Solomon; grandmother pored over a bulky enchiridion for pious women, written in jargon.
-- Israel Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto
Origin:
Enchiridion stems from the Greek root cheir meaning "hand". The prefix en- means "within", so the noun means "in the hand". The suffix -idion denotes a diminutive form of another word.