enchiridion

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ɛnkʌɪˈɹɪdɪən/

Noun [edit]

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.