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row-Ieaved wlllow-herb; lhe r.tlufire, or mailh lVil-

10IV herb : and Ihe .I"ioum, or ,l1oun,,¡o IVdlolV-h,-,b.

EPILOGUE, io or.lIory, Ihe end or cooclulion of a

d,fcourfe, ordinHily eonlaining a rceapilulJlion uf lhe

principal m:ltters ddi vered.

ErI LOGUE , in

d,"mali~

poetry, a fpccch ,ddre(feo

lhe audicoce afler lhe play is over, by ooe of Ihe prin–

cipa l a,'\ors lherein, ufually eontaioing fome refle,'\ions

oneemio ineideol! io lhe play, efpC\:ially Ihofe io lhe

pa" of lhe perfoo lhal

fpe.ks

il.

EPIMEDIUM, nARREN-WORT, io botaoy, a

~eous

lhe lmaOllía mooogyoia clafs.

has fuur eap-fl':lped

ncélaria Iying upon lhe pmls ; lhe corolla euofi as uf

four pmls; aod lhe colix is eadueous. There is but

one fpccies, a oatire of Germaoy.

EI'IPHANY, a ChriOiao feninl, olherwife ealled lhe

Manifellalioo of Ch, in 'o lhe Geotiles, obferved 00

the fixlh of Jaouary, io hoouur of lhe appearanee of

our Saviour to lhe lhrce magi, or wife-men, IVho eame

10 adore him aod briog him prefeOls. The fcon of

epiphaoy \Vas 001

origio.lI)

' a dinioél feniva\. bm oude

a pan of lhal of lhe oalivily of ChriO, IVhich beiog

celebrated llVelve days, lhe fi rn aod laOof

hieh IVere

Itigh or ehief days of fulemnity, eilher of lhcCc might

properly be called epiphaoy, as lhat IVord figoifies the

appear.oce of Chrin

the IVorld.

EPIPHO EMA, io rheturie, a fenleOlious exclamatioo

eontaioiog a lively remark plaeed at lhe eod of a dif–

courfe or oarration_

EPIPHORA, io medicine, a pretero"ural defluxioo of

the eyes, wheo they cootioually difcharge a Iharp fe–

rous humour, whieh exeoriates the ehteks. See ME–

DI CIN E.

EPlPHYSlS, io aoalOmy_

See ANATOM Y, PUl

EPIPLOCELE, io medicioe, is a klnd of hcroia. or

rupture, io whieh lhe omentum fubfiJes ioto lhe fero–

tumo

EPIPLOOMPHALON, io medicioe, an heroia umbi–

li"lis, proeeeding from lhe omemum fall iog ioto the

regi,lO of lhe umbilieus or oavel.

EPIPLOO

See OMESTUM

EI'ISCOPACY, the qual ty of epifeop,1 gomomeot,

or that form of ehu reh-difelpline, \Vherein diorefian

binlOpS are en.hliftltd difiinél from aoJ fllpertor 10

pricas or prdbylers_ See /-\ISHO'

EPlSCOPA L, fomelhiog bdonging to bifllOpS.

EPISCOPALl lINS, io chllrch hiOory, an appellatioo

givco to ,hofe who prefer the epifeopal governmtOl aod

Jireiplioe tO all olhers_

By lhe ten

~él,

none but epifcopalia"" or mcmbers

of the chureh of Eo&lanJ, are qu, ltfied tOeojoy Jny

uniec civil or mil,tary_

EPI C;COPUS_ See I:lI! HO'.

EPISODE, in poetry, a r.-pardle ioei !:m. nory, or ae–

tion, whieh. poet iovents, and eonneéls \Vith his principal

aflioo, that bis wo,k mly ,bound wilh a grealCf Jinr-

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fity

0'-

e"cnt!; thollgh , io a mOre limited feore,.1I the

Innlelllar 1\1.:u!,ots whereof lhe aétioo or oarra:lOo i,

cUl1'I'0llnded.are

e~ I""

cpifodes. SeeCo" 'OS Il'lOS.

EPISI'¡,STIC, io medicine, a topical r<medy, IIhich

bCl\1g app'lcd 10 Ihe eXleroal p. ns of the body, at–

tra/ls lhe hl1monrs 10 lh. t pm.

EI'ISTtlTES, in the Atheni.o goveromeot, was the

prefidel110f Ihe proedri. See PRO ED RI.

EI'I STEMONARCH, io the aoeieol Greek ehurch, ao

olfieer of gre't

di~nity,

who had the edre uí mry

t"ing relaliog tOf.ith, in the quality of ecofor. His

ofliee an:wcred pretly nearly tOthal of m.!ler of lhe

r:,ered palace , t Rome.

EP lSTLE, deootts lhe fame with a miflive Imer; but

is nolV ehieBy ufed in rpeakiog of aoeicOl wrillogs, as

the epifi lcs of St Paul, epittles of Cicero, epiltklof

Pliny,

tJc_

EPISTOLARY, fomethiog bdoogiog

io epinle. See

EPlS TLE.

EI'ISTROPHE, io rhetorie, a figure, wherein lhat whieh

is fuppofed of one

lhir.~,

is IIroogly'allirmed of ano–

ther : lhus,

Are thtj Hdm1VJ? ft am

,1"

th"

lfraditrJ? ft . m

Are th'J o[ lh,

/"d

Abra–

ndm?

a1l1

&c.

EPISTYLE, in the , neienl architeélure, a mm ufedby

the Greeks for " hat we eaU arehitrave,

oh.

a malli,'e

pieee of IInoe or wood, laid i",mediately om the ca–

pital of a eolumo.

EPITAPH, a monument.1ioferiptioo io honour or mc–

mory of a perfon defunfl, or an ioferiptioo eograven

Or cUt 00 a tomb, 10 mark the time of a perfon's de–

ecafe, his name, family; .and, ufually, fome eulogium

of his vinues, or good qualities.

EPITASIS, in

a~eient

pomy, the fceood part or divi–

fion of a dramatie poem, whereio the plot, eotered u–

poo io the firfi part, orprotafis, IVas earried 00, height–

eoed, and worked up, IIU it arril"cd at its Oate, or

heighl, ealled ealaflafis_

EPI TA!l s, in medieioe . the ioereafe

adife,fe, or be–

gioniog of a paroxyfm, panieularly io a fever.

EPITIL\LAMIUM, io"oetry, a nnpli.1fong, or eom–

pofitioo, in praife of the bride and bridegroom, pray–

ing for Iheir prufperity, for, h,ppy offspriog,

6(.

Amoog theGreekl, lhe married eouplewele

fooo–

er bedded, than the yOllng men

"nJ

maids gathered

rouod lhe door, daoeing aod liogiogthe epithalamium,

fllOut,og , 0J nampiog ",ilh lheir Icet, Wilh iOleOIlOO

todrown the maid's cric!.

EPITH EM, io pharm,ey, a "ind of fomeotatioo,

rcmtd)" of a fpirituous or aronmie kind. apphcd extcr–

naJlyto the renions of lhe hcarl, hver,

toOrength–

eo "nd eomfon the f.Ole, or

eorreél fome iotempe–

ralltl< lhcreof. See FOMES1'ATlOS.

ErlTIIET, io pomyand rhelOr;c,

.10

.d:e,qiveexprefs–

ing lome qualily uf a Cubil.otive 10 \\I1Ifh il is

j~lotJ ;

or fueh an adje.'!i,'e as is aoncx<d tOfubllaollves by

lI'"y of orn'meO! , od illllOralioo, nOl tO lOake up ' o

rOenti.tI

pan of lhe delcription.

Olhin~,

¡In–

Hod(·,

tIIlS

Iht

reaJcr more

,han

toO

Arl'itt ..

r\.,lur:dAr~

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