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Same as Synanthesis.
Alt. of Syneresis
Of or pertaining to a synagogue.
A congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
The building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.
A congregation in the early Christian church.
Any assembly of men.
A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.
Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.
Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.
Same as Synalepha.
of Synangium
The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.
The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.
Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.
A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.