Symbolics – Szalay
Symbolics
a theological term for the study of creeds and confessions of faith, etc., from the ancient meaning of SYMBOLICS SYMONS the word symbolon, a brief compendium, on opposite sides of the line and equally a creed.
Symphytism
in philology, a term applied by Earle to a tendency, in that SYMPHYTISM class of words called by him symbolic, to attach themselves to other words, so that the resulting compound is either really one word, or presents the appearance of being one word.
Syndicates
originally, councils or bodies of syndics; afterward, associations of persons formed with a view of promoting some particular enterprise, discharging some trust, trust, or the like; now, combinations of capitalists for the purpose of controlling production and raising prices; popularly known in the United States as "trusts."
Synecdoche
in rhetoric, a figure in which the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole, as the species for the genus, the genus for the species, etc., as, a fleet of 10 sail. powerless
Synod of Dort
a synod held at Dort, Dordt, or Dordrecht, in Southern Holland, in 1618 and 1619, to discuss the views of Arminius, which it condemned.
Synodical Period
in astronomy, the period between two successive conjunctions or oppositions of two heavenly bodies. A synodical month is a lunation, a lunation , being the period from one full moon to the next full moon or from new moon to next new moon. It is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 2.37 seconds.
Synonyms
or words having the same signification, strictly speaking, do not exist in any language; and in the popular use of the term synonyms are words sufficiently alike in general signification to be liable to be confounded , but yet SO different in special definition as to require to be distinguished. The opposite of synonyms are antonyms.
Syracuse University
a co-educational institution in Syracuse, N. Y.; founded in 1871 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 368; students, 4,033; volumes in the library, 103,222; Chancellor, Rev. J. R. Day, LL.D.
Syrphus
the typical genus Syrphidæ. The larvæ feed on aphides.
One of the most common is S. pyrastri, a blue-black fly, with whitish or yellowish transverse bands on the abdomen, black thighs, and yellowish legs. It is sometimes mistaken for a wasp. The larvæ is a footless grub, living on plants infested by aphides.
Syrrhaptes
in ornithology, a genus of Pteroclidæ, with two species Bill small, conical, nostrils concealed by feathers, tarsi hirsute; toes short, concrete hirsute above, hallux absent; the two middle tail-feathers and first two quills of wings produced into pointed se wpoustu puaпшacy. Among them are S. aurantii, S. Limonis, S. Among papaveris, S. sennæ, etc.
Syzran
a town of central Russia, a few miles from the right bank of the Volga, and 90 miles S. of Simbirsk. Laid out in 1685, it has tanneries and noted market gardens, and a large trade in grain, timber, salt, and manufactured goods. Pop. about 48,000.
Szalay
LASZLO, a Hungarian historian; born in Buda, Hungary, April tor-in-chief of the "Pesti Hirlap" in 1844. Among his works are "History of Hungary" (6 vols. 1850-1863); "Nicolas Eszterúzy" (1862-1866); and "The Book of Statesmen," a collection of political biographies. He died in Salzburg July 17, 1864. 18, 1813. He succeeded Kossuth as edi-