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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Apotactitei

Britannica 11th

APOTACTITEI, or ApotAcna (from Gr. drorcurfe, set apart), a sect of early Christians, who renounced all their worldly possessions. (See APOSTOLICI ad inil.)

Vol. 2, pp. 205-205 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0
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Apatite

Britannica 11th

APATITE, a widely distributed mineral, which, when found in large masses, is of considerable economic value as a phosphate. As a mineral species it was first recognized by A. G. Werner in 1786 and named by him from the Greek &raray, to deceive, because it had

Vol. 2, pp. 159-160 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 35.0
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