enchiridion

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheiridion), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheir, “hand”) + a diminutive suffix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛnkʌɪˈɹɪdɪən/

Noun

enchiridion (plural enchiridions or enchiridia)

1. A handbook or manual.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     they are not thought fit to be turn'd loose to three sheets of paper without a licencer, that all the Sermons, all the Lectures preacht, printed, vented in such numbers [...] should not be armor anough against one single enchiridion, without the castle of St. Angelo of an Imprimatur.