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anaphoras

anaphoras is the plural of anaphora.

Meaning of anaphora

Noun

anaphora (countable and uncountable, plural anaphoras or anaphora)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
    • Anaphora elegantly begins
      With the same word or phrase successive lines.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Anaphora.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 73
    Antonyms:
    epiphora, epistrophe
  2. An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
    Antonyms:
    cataphora
  3. The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ.

Phrases with anaphoras

Questions about anaphoras

What is anaphoras the plural of?
Anaphoras is the plural of anaphora.

Words near anaphoras in the dictionary

  1. anaphones
  2. anaphonesis
  3. anaphor
  4. anaphora
  5. anaphoral
  6. anaphoras
  7. anaphoresis
  8. anaphoretic
  9. anaphoria
  10. anaphoric
  11. anaphoric macro

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