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- Bible, 1 Corinthians 11:18-20: "For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper."
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epanalepsis, from Ancient Greek ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis), from ἐπαναλαμβάνω (epanalambánō), from ἐπί (epí) + ἀνά (aná) + λαμβάνω (lambánō).
Noun
epanalepsis (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
Langley,
A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, , Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate,
→OCLC,
page 81:
Epanalepsis words will recommend
The same at the beginning and the end.]
1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations:The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense […] as in the epanalepsis, adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
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Noun
epanalepsis f (uncountable)
- epanalepsis
- Synonym: epanadiplosis
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