Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Greek music, same as
concord or consonance. - noun In medieval music, a name applied to several distinct instruments, such as the bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, or virginal.
- noun Same as
symphony . - noun A genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Guttiferæ and tribe Moronobeæ.
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Examples
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Russia embraced Christianity just over a millennium ago and belongs to the Eastern Orthodox tradition, which split from the Western church in the 11th century and posits the ideal of "symphonia," or cooperation between church and state.
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[44] Not only Macedonian words, such as symphonia [45] and psanterion, but the texture of the
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(Soundbite of symphony by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) HOFFMAN: By the way, Renee, this is a little portion of a symphonia or symphony by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the famous Bach's youngest son.
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(Soundbite of symphony by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) HOFFMAN: By the way, Renee, this is a little portion of a symphonia or symphony by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the famous Bach's youngest son.
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"In tempore opportuno - symphonia Anfractiarum - ideo ergo non fumeo herbam datum.... et cetera, et cetera."
"Crisis = opportunity + danger." Ann Althouse 2007
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Dum quis hic infirmatur tendit proximus ad Idolum sciscitans an morietur, et si respondit non, addit et dicere medicinam qua curabitur: si autem responderit moriturum, statim conuocatis amicis occiditur, et cum symphonia, et solemnitate comedunt eius carnes, ossa tantummodò sepelientes.
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Ante primum millenarium procedit copiosa symphonia dulcis chordarum, sicut de violis, cytharis, lyris, et psalterijs, non autem de tubis aut tympanis: et præcedunt Baronis per transuersum
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Imperatoris Barones adornati nobilissimè pro cuiusque decentia balteis, et indumentis, quorum primus cum resonante symphonia præmittit ad oblationem quotquot valet de dextrarijs albis, et inclinans ante thronum pertransit, atque per eundem modum singuli
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Ante primum millenarium procedit copiosa symphonia dulcis chordarum, sicut de violis, cytharis, lyris, et psalterijs, non autem de tubis aut tympanis: et pr鎐edunt Baronis per transuersum
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Imperatoris Barones adornati nobilissim� pro cuiusque decentia balteis, et indumentis, quorum primus cum resonante symphonia pr鎚ittit ad oblationem quotquot valet de dextrarijs albis, et inclinans ante thronum pertransit, atque per eundem modum singuli
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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