Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name applied to a safety system of stage mechanism in which the stage-floor and the overhead scenic appliances are all moved by hydraulic power.
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Christian _Kerygma_ ([Greek: hê asphaleia tôn logôn]).
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
hernesheir commented on the word asphaleia
A deus ex machina hydraulica, for one?
February 6, 2013