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r HO~O<,

Cou~ ,

in mufle,

~rc

Orings, by lhe vi–

bmion of which the Cen(Jtinoof CounJ is exeited , aud

hvthe dil'ilions of which Ihe CcverAl degrees of lune

are

dctCrmin~d .

('II 0Ro is alCn uCcd io mufic fOlr the IIOtr. or tonr 10 he

tnuche" or Inund<d : io Ihis rcnfe the Jil'lh is

C.id

confin of fi,'c chords or Ctlunds.

CHO ltD .~ PSLJS,

intltcJi,.inr,

Jire.f<e.f Ihe intcOines,

when to the lo"ch Ihcy ftrl like f1 ret.:hed cords: it is

the flme \\'ith the il ;Ie palflon.

CliOll DEE, io medicine

~nd

Curgery,

C)'l1IplOnt at–

t 1neltn~

a gononhtra, cooflUing in a I'iolent

p.in

uo–

der the frenum, and

~Iong

the duél of the

ureth r~,

~uriog

tite ere&ioll of the pcnis, whieh is inculvatcd

dOl..nwards. TheCe ereélioos are frequent and invo–

luntary. See MEDICINE .

CHOREUS, in aneieot poetry. See T ROCHEE.

CHORCES, or CORG ES,

tOlVn of Dauphiny, in

France, abo\lt fix miles eaUof Cap: E. long.

6°,

~nd

N. lat. 44°

36'.

CHORI AMBU S, in aneieot poetr)', a foot eonfiOing of

Cour Cyllables, whereof Ihe fi rll and

1. 0

are long, and

the tlVOmiddle ones are Ihort ; or, whielt is the f.lme

lhing, it is made up of a trochlEus and iambus: fueh

is the 1I'0rd n5bllitas.

CHOR10 N, iDanatomy, the exterior membrane whieh

in" eOs the f\21US in the \lterus.

CHOROHATA, or CHOROBAHS . a kind of IVater–

I:v(I among lhe ancients, of Ihe figure of the letterT,

.ceording to Vitruvius's defcriplÍon.

CHOROC RAPHY, the

3rt

of making a map of

Come

countryor province.

CHORUS, io dramatie poel ry, one or more perCoAs

prefent on the flage during Ihe repreCentation, and fu p–

poCed 10 be by.Oaoders IVithout any ntare in the aélion.

T ragedy in its origin was nomore than a fi ngle eho–

rUI , who trod the

O.ge

alone, and without any aélors,

fi nging dithyrambics or hymns in honour of Baeehus.

Thefpi" tO relieve the ehorus, added an aélor, who

rehearfed the advenlures of

Come

of their beroe!

and

JEfehylus, fi nding a fingle perCon'too dry an entenain–

ment, added a feeond, at the fame time reducing the

finging of the ehorus, to make more roomfor the re–

citation. But whenonce uagedy begantObe formed,

the reeitalive, which at fi rO was intended only as an

aece¡rory part tO give theehorus a brwhing time, be–

came a principal part of the tragedy. At length,

however, the ehorus becameiofened and iocorporated

into lhe aaion : fomelimes it was to fpeak, aod then

lheir ehief, whom they ealled eorrypha:us, Cpoke io

bchalf of the reO: the finging was performed by the

whole company;

Ihat when the coryphreus Oruek

into a

Cong,

the chorus immediately joined him.

Tite ehorus fometimes alfo joined the a,'lors in the

(ourCe of the reprefenlalion, with their plaiots and la–

mentations on aeeount of any uohappy aecidenls that

befcl them: but the prorer funélion, aod that for

whieh it feemed ehieAy retained, was 10 fhew the io–

tervals of lhe aéls : while the aélors wcre bthind the

feeoes, lhe chorus eogaged tite fpcaators i their Coogs

uCually turned on what was exhibited, and were not

to eo;min any thing but wltat was Cuited lOthe Cub–

jtél, and had a

natu~al

eonncélioowith il ;

that the

dl~rus

conculred wllh tite

a~ors

for advancing tite

a{tlon. In lhe modern tragedles the cholus is laid a–

fide, aod the fiddles fupplyits place. Mr Daeier lo?ks

?o Ih:s

", r~r.chment

as of ill conCequence, and thiok!

roln rragedy of a great part o( ilS lu!lre

he there–

fo~e

jttdges il oeee¡ra ry tO re eO.blifh ¡t, not only·on

aceount of Ihe regularilYof the pieee, but alCo to COr–

rcH, by prudcnl and virtuous reAeélions, aoy extra–

vaganciesthat might fdll from themouths of the aélors

when under any "iolent paffion.

Mr Dacicr obCerved alfo, thal there was a choms

or grex, inthe aocient eomedy ; bUI this is Cupprell'ed

in the new eomedy, becauCe it was uC.d to reprove

rices by attaeking particular perCons; as the ehorus

~he

tragedy was.laid afi?e

give

t~e

greater pro–

bablltty lO thoCe klod of Intngues whlch require fe–

crec)'.

CHORVS, in mufie, is \lheo, al eertaio periods of a

Cong,

lhe

w~ole

eompaoy are to join the fioger in repealing

eenaio couplets, or verfes.

CH TZ1M, a frontier-towo of Moldal'ia, on the eoo–

fioes of Poland, fi luated onthe

river

Niefler, and fub–

jeél 10 lhe Turks : E. long. 27°, aod N. lal. 48°.

CHOUC, a towo of SJ'ria, upon the road fromAleppo

tOSayde, called by fometravellers Shoggl .

CHOUCH, in ornitltology. See

Con vs.

Cl-IREMN1TZ, the principal of the n,ioe-towns in Up•

per Hungary, fi tuatcd about fix ly-eight miles north–

e. n of Prefburg, and Cubjeél to the houCe of AuOria:

E. long. 19°, and N. lat. 48° 4¡'.

CHREMPS, in iehthyology. See SPARU S.

CHR1SM, oil eonfmaled by thebilhop, anduCed inIhe

Rominl and Creek churehes in the adminiOration

CJf

baplifm, confirmalion, ordination, and

ex(rem~

une.

tioo.

Ord,r o¡

CHR1ST, a military order, founded by Dio–

oyr.us

king of Portugal, to aoimate his nobles a.

gainfl the Monrs.

The arms of Ihis order are gules, a pmiarehalcroCs,

eharged witb ano¡her clofs argeot : they had their re–

fidence at firft at Canromarin, afterwards they re·

moved to tite eity of Thomar, as belDg oearer to the

Moors of .4.ndalufia aod Eltremadura.

CH R1ST is .ICo the name of a mililary order in Livonia,

inHituted in 120¡, by Albert bifhop of Riga. The

end of Ihis inOitutionwas todefend the newCbriOians,

who were converted every day in Livooia, but were

perCecuted by the heathens. They wore on their

cloaks a fword with a erofs over it, wltenee they were

alfo deoomioated brotlters of the Cword .

CHR IST' BVRGH, atowoof Pol. od, ocar Ihe lake Drau–

feo, and .bout three Polifh mil.:s from Marieoburgh.

CHRIST 'CHllRCH, a borough tOIVO of Hampfh ire, thir–

ty miles fouth·wen of WinceOer, near

t~e

Cea·eoan:

W. long 2°, N. lat. 50° 40"

Cends lWO mem–

bers tOparli.ment.

CHR IsT·thorn, in botany. Sce RHHI NVS.

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