Enchiridion
//ˌɛn.kaɪˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A handbook or manual. archaic, uncommon
"the Enchiridion of Erasmus"
- 2 a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location wordnet
Example
More examples"He [Francis Quarles] wrote long poems, almost epics for length, about Jonah, Esther, Job, Samson, and Solomon, interspersed with meditations after a quite original plan,—Shepherd's Oracles, Comedies, Romances, Fancies, and Meditations,—the quintessence of meditation, —and Enchiridions of Meditation all divine, —and what he calls his Morning Muse; besides prose works as curious as the rest."
Etymology
Either via Latin enchīridion or directly, from Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion, “handbook, manual”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -ίδιον (-ídion).
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