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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Apophthegm
Britannica 11thAPOPHTHEGM (from the Gr. curo^ty no.) , a short and pointed utterance. The usual spelling up to Johnson's day was apothegm, which Webster and Worcester still prefer; it indicates the pronunciation— i.e. " apothem " — better than the other, which, however, is m ...
Vol. 2, pp. 194-194
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Apologetics
Britannica 11th... al content of Christ's revelations — nay, that it was itself the n. 7 APOLOGUE— APOPHTHEGM vehicle of great truths. So he will argue as the essence of the matter that (iv.) he who has occupied Christ's place in history, and won such reverence from the purest s ...
Vol. 2, pp. 189-194
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