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A T

aod

throu~h

thlln ttpOO the luogs . Sce

M[Dl el~ E.

C,1TASl' ..\SIS,

i" I'"otry, the ,hird pan of the ao·

cicO! JlAnl,t, ocinC

th.tt

\V1t"reio the

int ri~ne,

or ac·

IJ01l,

fct fo nh io the cpit,fis, is Curponed ,0J cmico

00, :md

hCI~ht l'ned,

till it be ripe for the

ttor.Yellio~

d,"

c... ,lIn'phe. Sc:diger defines it, the full growtl\

of the 1.,01", wi..le thiol:s arc at a na",1 io th, t eon!u·

::no

wl..

ch the poct h,s brottgh t them.

('-~TASTRO P Jl

io drama,ic poetrl', the f""nh aod

1.11

pan

of the ao"ient df601J, or th:tt innllc.J,,,dy

:..,;.:r,

ding ,he emnr.fis: Or, acco,ding to o,hers,

the

,~irJ

ooll'; the

hole dtama being Ji\'ideJ ioto

p,""fis. epit;tfis, aod catanrophe; or, io the

t~rms

:l.rillotle, prologue, epilogue, and exode. See Ep le

and

D kAM ATIC

CD1IIpiftll(¡1U.

c:;.\TCHl!, io botaoy. See l. YCH NtS

CA TC H' POL E, a term uCed by IVay of reproaeh, for

the bJil,['s Collo\Ver, or

allil~anl.

ATeH ·",'ortl, among printl'rs. that plaecd

Ihe bOl·

tom of eaeh page, beiog alwa)'s the f"n word of the

t'olloIViog

p'Qe.

TECHETIC. Cateehelie (ehools \Vere buildiogs

.ppoioleJ fo, the otliee of the Catec1,ill,

.~joioiog

the ehureh, ano called

cn/u hlllll(n,, :

Suen \Vas that

io whieh Origeo, and OIaoy other famous meo,

rea~

cmchetie<llcélures at Alexaodria. See CAT EeJl u,

ME~.

C:\TECHl SM. the oameof a fmall book, defigned for

ioll ruéliog ehildreo io the priocipb of nltgioo. The

ehurch of Rome, the ehurch of Eoglaod, the prdby–

tcriao church,

ec.

haye all eateehiCms contaioiog and

eoforeiog their pecu liar opioioos.

CATECHU, io the ma,eria medica, !he

n~mc

of a

" och eonlilliog of Japao eanh aod gum arabie, e'ach

tlVO ouoces, aod of fugar of rofes fix teen ouoees,

!,w

tOcelher, wi¡h a little

~·ater.

is rceommeoded

a mild

r~firiogent,

Or.

C.\TI:.CHUfvíEN, a caodidm for baptifm, oronewho

prepares himfei f for the receiyiog thereof.

The cmehumeos. ioóureh.hillorl',

\V~re

the 10lVel!

ordtr of ChriHiaos io ¡he primitive ehureh, They had

fome title tOthe commoo oame of Chriniao, beiog a

der.recabove pagaos aod hereties, though 001cooCum·

mmd by bdptilin. They were aomitteo

the ltale

of eateehumells, by the impofitioo of h¡ods, aod the

f:go of the crofs, The childrco of believing pareOls

wcr~

aJlIliued eateehumeo:, as foooas ever they were

capable of ioflruélioo: But

what age thofe of he.·

theo pareo!s might be admitted, is OOt fo e1ear. As

to the time of thei r eooliouaoee io tois

n~le,

there

w<'fe

geoeral rules fi xed abou, il ; but the pra8ice

varied

~ccordiog

the difl'moce Qf times and places,

and the re.dioefs aod pro"eieocy of the cateehumens

them(ell'es.

There w<re four ordcrs or

~egrees

of cateehumeos;

the fi,n. \Vere thoCe i, nruéled privately without the

chllreh, alld kept at a dinaoce, for fome- time, from

the pril'ilcge of eoming the ehurch, tO make Ihcm

the more eager aod deliruus oFit. The oext degree

"'ere the

alldien/o ,

focaJled from their b,ing admitted

Itw

fe rmoouod the Ccriptures read iDthe ehurch,

but

IV~re

OOt aJlowetl tOp,mkc of the pra)'ers The

Ihi rd fort of

eat<chume~s

IVer< ,he

g,nu

in?,'!/'"

caJle.1, bnallfe ¡hey rce.i,"1

in\ ~,,/iliuo ~f

h..

,t..

kocelior..

The fuunh

ord~r

IVas

rhe.(Olllp,Un/1I

' '''Oi,

Jeno!ing the imOl<cliatc condida'es for l,apliCm,

or Cueh al IVere app"iote.J 10 he bap:tlcd rhe next ar'

proaching fdlivJI, befure which, llnél examio.tionw,"

m:tde io", Iheir profieicocy uoder the !cveral n.ges 01

cmehetic.1excreifcs.

After examioJlio'l, thcy

wer~

exerriC,,1 fnr t\Venly

¿ays together, and IVere ohlig<d tO faflingand coofel·

fiao: Some days before ¡',' ptifmthoy ''Cot veil,d;

.ndil was eunomary to tuueh their ears, (ayiog,

Epha.

fha,

i. e. be opeocd ; as alfo, to aooiot Ihe;r eves

wi,h clay; both etrcmuoies bciog in inltwlOo of Qu r

Savionr's pra,qice, and ioteodcd tO /hado\\' out tOIhe–

eatechum~os

their cuoditioo both before .nu after the,r

~Jmilr,oo

iOlo the Ch, i/l'JOehurch.

CATEGOR

'Io~ie,

a fenes or oroer

all rhe–

predieate. or attribmes eootaioed uoder aDy genos:

The

Cchool.ph;

lofophers d,nribute aJl the ob/ee,

of our thougbts aou

id~a!

ioto

een.uo

gmera

clalf<s, OOt fo mneh, fay they, to learo what thcr

do 001 koolV, as 10 eommnniem a difiioél odrioo of

\I·hat they do koo\V; aod theCe ·e1alfe, the Grech

eaJled e.tegories, aod the Latios predieameots.

Arinode m"de ten cltegorits,

!,iz.

quaotity, qua.

lit j, rel. tion, aélioo, pallioo, t,me,

pl~ee,

fi ttlation,

and habit, IVhieh are ufually exprelfed by the follow-

iog techoie.1dinich :

Arbor, fi x, ftrvol, ardo" , rtf rtg,ro/, UjlDJ"

Ruri cr/lJ Jlt{blJ,

1UC lunicalul

(ro.

CATENARIA, io the higher geometry, Ihe oame of a

curve lioe fllrmed by

rope haogiog freely from tIVI)

poiots of fuCp:ofion, whether the poiots be horizontal

or 001. Sce

FLU JUO ~S.

CATERGI, the

o~mt

or lhe publie cá"iers io the graod

Sigoior's

d~minioos.

In Europe, tfie ",erchaol or t,.·

vdler gives earnen

the earrier

but ,he cater¡,ri

Turk

give earnen to the rcerehaot aod othm. as

fecuriry that they \Vi!! eenaioly carry their gootls, or

001fn OUI \Vith them.

CATERPILLAR, in zoology, the name of all

wio~eo

i,,~,éls

wheo io their reprile or worm·nate. Sce

NA"

TUkA LH'STORV ,

Ofinfr0j ,

CATESJ3iEA, iobotaol', a genus of the!etmoriamo·

oogyoia clafs. Thecorolla is loog, mooopmlous. aod

fl'.ped likca luooel ; the Ihmioa are

~·ilhio

the

f.ux;

aod the berry eootaios bUI ooe (eed. roere is but ooe

(recies,

viz.

the fpioofa, a

o~ti,e

of Pro.idem . .

CATH¡ERETICS, io pharmacy, medicioes of acaufiie

nature, /erviog to eat off proud fle/h.

CATIl ARTICS, io medicine, remedies \Vbich promole

eyaCUa,ioRby fioo!.

CATH EDR.~L,

a ehurch whmin is a bilhop's (ce or

feat.

CATHETER, in furgery, a fifiulous iofuumcot , uCnal.

Iy made of fi lyer,

be iot rqduccd ilito the bladdcr,

io order

1(1

fearch for thenooe, or diCcb:u-ge the

ioe

when (upprelfeu. See SURGH

CATHETUS, in

g~ometry,

alioe

¡.dius falliog pero

pentlicul.nly