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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87546" /> == | |||
<p> a stitched cap, somewhat resembling a helmet, with the addition of a little stick fixed on the top, and wound about with white wool, properly belonging to the ancient [[Flamen]] (q.v.)'. </p> <p> The word is also used by [[Jerome]] to express a small hair-stroke, with which the Jews embellish the top of some of the [[Hebrew]] characters, placing it over them in the shape of a crown. These are used especially in the books read in the synagogues, and in the Mezuzzoth (q.v.). </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20463" /> == | |||
<p> a stitched cap, somewhat resembling a helmet, with the addition of a little stick fixed on the top, and wound about with white wool, properly belonging to the ancient [[Flamen]] (q.v.)'. </p> <p> The word is also used by [[Jerome]] to express a small hair-stroke, with which the [[Jews]] embellish the top of some of the [[Hebrew]] characters, placing it over them in the shape of a crown. These are used especially in the books read in the synagogues, and in the Mezuzzoth (q.v.). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_87546"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/apex Apex from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_20463"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/apex Apex from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_20463"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/apex Apex from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:43, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
(2):
(n.) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a stitched cap, somewhat resembling a helmet, with the addition of a little stick fixed on the top, and wound about with white wool, properly belonging to the ancient Flamen (q.v.)'.
The word is also used by Jerome to express a small hair-stroke, with which the Jews embellish the top of some of the Hebrew characters, placing it over them in the shape of a crown. These are used especially in the books read in the synagogues, and in the Mezuzzoth (q.v.).
