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Enchiridion in a sentence
Enchiridion meaning
A handbook or manual.
Using Enchiridion
- The main meaning on this page is: A handbook or manual.
- Useful related words include: handbook, vade mecum, reference book, reference.
- In the example corpus, enchiridion often appears in combinations such as: the enchiridion, iii enchiridion, his enchiridion.
Context around Enchiridion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enchiridion
- In this selection, "enchiridion" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hippo, epictetus, begin, 110 and ethicum stand out and add context to how "enchiridion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 6 enchiridion 52 both and 14 19 enchiridion 6 reason. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enchiridion" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enchiridion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Enchiridion is more like a sermon than a satire. (10 words)
Epictetus, Enchiridion, 34. The first object of philosophy, therefore, is to purify the mind. (14 words)
Simplicius, Commentary on the Enchiridion, 46. He may have married her, but Simplicius' language is ambiguous. (16 words)
Augustine taught that the eternal fate of the soul is determined at death, citation Augustine of Hippo, Enchiridion, 110 and that purgatorial fires of the intermediate state purify only those that died in communion with the Church. (37 words)
Epictetus, Discourses, iii.2.1–6; Enchiridion, 52 Both the Discourses and the Enchiridion begin by distinguishing between those things in our power (prohairetic things) and those things not in our power (aprohairetic things). (34 words)
The third catechism, or Enchiridion, consists of 132 pages of text, and is a translation of Luther's Small Catechism by a German cleric called Abel Will, with his Prussian assistant Paul Megott. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
Epictetus, Discourses, iii.2.1–6; Enchiridion, 52 Both the Discourses and the Enchiridion begin by distinguishing between those things in our power (prohairetic things) and those things not in our power (aprohairetic things).
Augustine taught that the eternal fate of the soul is determined at death, citation Augustine of Hippo, Enchiridion, 110 and that purgatorial fires of the intermediate state purify only those that died in communion with the Church.
Epictetus, Discourses, i.1; Enchiridion, 1 That alone is in our power, which is our own work; and in this class are our opinions, impulses, desires, and aversions.
Epictetus, Discourses, iii.3.14–19; Enchiridion, 6 Reason alone is good, and the irrational is evil, and the irrational is intolerable to the rational.
Epictetus, Enchiridion, 34. The first object of philosophy, therefore, is to purify the mind.
Henry More, in his Enchiridion ethicum, attempts to enumerate the "noemata moralia"; but, so far from being self-evident, most of his moral axioms are open to serious controversy.
His Enchiridion locorum communium adversus Lutherum et alios hostes ecclesiae (Landshut, 1525) went through forty-six editions before 1576.
Simplicius, Commentary on the Enchiridion, 46. He may have married her, but Simplicius' language is ambiguous.
The Enchiridion is more like a sermon than a satire.
The third catechism, or Enchiridion, consists of 132 pages of text, and is a translation of Luther's Small Catechism by a German cleric called Abel Will, with his Prussian assistant Paul Megott.
Common combinations with enchiridion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: