embolismusn.
/ɛmbəʊˈlɪzməs/ a. The excess of the solar year above the lunar year of twelve synodical months. Obsolete.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > epact(s)
embolismus1398
epact1588
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. iv. 348 Embolismus is encreasynge and excesse by the whyche the yere of the sunne passyth the yere of the mone.
b. Intercalation. Obsolete.
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1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. Embolismus..signifies intercalation.
2. In the Greek liturgy: A prayer inserted after the concluding petitions of the Lord's Prayer.
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fellowship of heavenc1300
embolism1720
epiclesis1868
embolismus1872
1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 476 Said..after the embolismus at Easter-tide.
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