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Enchiridion

Definition: Enchiridion

Enchiridion

Noun

1. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "enchiridion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references)

Etymology: Enchiridion \En`chi*rid"i*on\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression in hand.]. (Websters 1913)



Synonyms: Enchiridion

Synonyms: handbook (n), vade mecum (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Enchiridion

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Book

Noun: booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Enchiridion

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Enchiridion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

enchiridion

17

enchiridion indulgentiarum

4

epictetus enchiridion

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Enchiridion

Language Translations for "enchiridion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

manual (handbook, workbook). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

наръчник (companion, handbook, manual, vade mecum). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کتاب کوچک (Booklet), رساله (Act, Booklet, Brochure, Disquisition, Dissertation, Epistle, Handbook, Leaflet, Textbook, Tract, Treatise). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kézikönyv (companion, handbook, manual, reference book, reference work, textbook, user's manual, workbook). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enchiridionay

   

Portuguese

  

enquirídio, encaixar (dowager, halve, hook, impact, inset, joggle, joint, mortice, mortise, notched, put in, rabbet), prontuário. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

справочник (catalogue, companion, desk book, directory, handbk handbook, handbook, manual, reference book, reference manual). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

priručnik (directory, handbook, manual, teach-yourself book). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

guía (attendant, back rope, beacon, bed-way, bracket, cable chock, chock, convoy man, convoyer, directory, directory system, exhibitor, face gate, face road, facilitator, fairlead, gate, gate road, guidance, guide, guidebook, guider, handbook, interpreter, leader, leading, leading shoot, n., pilot, rail, reference book, side friction block, spigot, summary, terminal, timetable, transom). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

довідник (calendar, catalogue, dictionary, digest, directory, handbook, reference book, repertory). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sách tóm tắt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Enchiridion

Derivations

Words beginning with "enchiridion": enchiridions. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Enchiridion"

Words rhyming with "enchiridion" (pronounced 'En`chi*rid"i*on'): Abacination, Abaction, Abaddon, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Ablution, Abluvion, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Aboon, Abortion, Abrasion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstersion, Abstraction, Abstrusion, Absumption, Abusion, Abutilon, Accension, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Accession, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accordion, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation, Acetification, Acheron, Achromatization, Acidification, Acotyledon, Acquisition, Acromion, Acton, Actualization, Actuation, Acuation, Acuition, Acumination, Acupuncturation, Acutorsion, Adaptation, Adaption, Addiction, Addition, Addression, Adduction, Ademption, Adeption, Adequation, Adfiliation, Adfluxion, Adhesion, Adhibition, Adhortation, Adipoceration, Adjection, Adjudication, Adjunction, Adjuration, Adlegation, Adlocution, Admensuration, Administration, Admiration, Admission, Admixtion, Admonition, Admortization, Adnation, Adoption, Adoration, Adornation, Adosculation, Adrogation, Adsignification, Adulation, Adulteration, Adumbration, Adunation, Adustion, Adversion, Advocation, Advolution, Advowson, Aerification, AEstivation, Affectation, Affection, Affiliation, Affirmation, Affixion, Afflation, Affliction, Affluxion, Afforestation, Affriction, Affusion, Afternoon, Aftersensation, Aggeneration, Aggeration, Agglomeration, Agglutination, Aggrandization, Aggravation, Aggregation, Aggression, Agitation, Aglutition, Agnation, Agnition, Agnomination, Agon, Agricolation, Aileron, Aketon, Alation, Albication, Albification, Albion, Alcoholization, Alcyon, Alienation, Alimentation, Alkalization, Allectation, Allegation, Allegorization, Allerion, Alleviation, Alligation, Allision, Alliteration, Allocation, Allocution, Allusion, Alluvion, Almendron, Alteration, Altercation, Alutation, Amalgamation, Amazon, Amblygon, Ambon, Ambulation, Ambustion, Amelioration, Americanization, Amission, Amnion, Amolition, Amortization, Amotion, Amplexation, Ampliation, Amplification, Amputation, Anacoluthon, Anaesthetization, Analogon, Analyzation, Anathematization, Anatomization, Andiron, Andron, Andropogon, Angariation, Anglicization, Angulation, Angustation, Anhelation, Animadversion, Animalization, Animation, Anion, Annexation, Annexion, Annihilation, Annomination, Annotation, Annulation, Annumeration, Annunciation, Anodon, Anon, Antecommunion, Anteflexion, Anteposition, Anteversion, Anthelion, Anthemion, Antiattrition, Antichthon, Anticipation, Antifriction, Antilibration, Antimason, Antimonsoon, Antiphon, Antiquation, Antistrophon, Antivaccination, Antivivisection, Ant-lion, Antrustion, Apastron, Apertion, Aphelion, Apocopation, Apollyon, Apostemation, Apparition, Appellation, Appendication, Appension, Apperception, Appetition, Application, Apportion, Apposition, Apprecation, Appreciation, Apprehension, Approbation, Appropinquation, Appropriation, Approximation, Appulsion, Aprication, Apron, Aquilon, Aration, Arbitration, Arborization, Archdeacon, Archenteron, Archon, Arctation, Arcuation, Arefaction, Arenation, Areolation, Argentation, Argumentation, Argutation, Arietation, Ariolation, Aromatization, Arrentation, Arreption, Arrestation, Arrogation, Arrosion, Arson, Arterialization, Articulation, Ascension, Ascription, Asexualization, Aspection, Asperation, Aspersion, Asphyxiation, Aspiration, Asportation, Assassination, Assastion, Assecuration, Assecution, Assentation, assertion, Assession, Asseveration, Assibilation, Assignation, Assimulation, Association, Assuefaction, Assumption, Asterion, Astipulation, Astriction, Astrophyton, Aswoon, Asyndeton, -ation, Atmolyzation, Atomization, Attemperation, Attention, Attenuation, Atterration, Attestation, Attrectation, Attribution, Attrition, Aucupation, Audition, Augmentation, Auguration, Aurigation, Auscultation, Authorization, Autochthon, Autofecundation, Auto-infection, Auto-inoculation, Auto-intoxication, automaton, Autosuggestion, Autotoxication, Averruncation, Aversation, Aversion, Aviation, Avision, Avocation, Avolation, Avulsion, Baboon, Backwardation, Bacon, Badminton, Balcon, Ballotation, Balneation, Balsamation, Bandon, Bannition, Baptization, Barbiton, Barcon, baron, Barracoon, Barton, Basilicon, Basion, Bason, Bassoon, Bastion, Baston, Baton, Batoon, Batton, Beakiron, Beatification, Bellerophon, Bellon, Benediction, Benefaction, Benison, B'eton, Bifurcation, Bilection, Biliation, Billon, Bilocation, Bion, Bipartition. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Enchiridion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-h-i-i-i-n-n-o-r"

-3 letters: echinoid.

-4 letters: chinned, chinone, choired, chorine, cinerin, coniine, crinoid, dineric, ericoid, hedonic, hinnied, hircine, hordein, oneiric.

-5 letters: chider, chined, chored, cinder, codein, coheir, coined, coiner, conine, conned, conner, corned, dehorn, dicier, dinero, dinner, dreich, drench, echini, endrin, enrich, herdic, heroic, heroin, hinder, hoiden, honied, horned, inched, iodine, irenic, iridic, ironed, ironic, niched, nordic, ochred, orcein, orchid, recoin, rhodic, richen.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-h-i-i-i-n-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: enchiridions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Enchiridion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 63 68 69 72 69 64 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -.    -.-.    ....    ..    .-.    ..    -..    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01100011 01101000 01101001 01110010 01101001 01100100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#114 &#105 &#100 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0063 0068 0069 0072 0069 0064 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3980697475847570758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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