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"To resound." - "merlin" "king arthur" "Maimonides" jesus astrology
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THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL SERMON STUDIES SOCIETY

CHARTER

ARTICLE I

TITLE

The Society shall be called the International Medieval Sermon Studies Society (IMSSS).

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Society shall be to promote and foster the study of medieval sermons and preaching in Latin and the vernacular languages within their social, literary, religious, intellectual, theological, catechetical, political and historical contexts. The Society shall also promote and foster the study of various artes praedicandi, and theories of preaching derived from them, as well as material used by sermon writers (e.g., Florilegia, commentaries, etc.)

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catechesis

from Gk. katekhesis "instruction by word of mouth," from katekhein "to instruct orally," originally "to resound" (with sense evolution via "to sound (something) in someone's ear; to teach by word of mouth." From kata- "down" (in this case, "thoroughly") + ekhein "to sound, ring," from ekho "sound," from PIE *(s)wagh- "to resound."

katakana

from Japanese katakana, from kata "side" + kana "borrowed letter(s)."

cata-

from Gk. kata-, before vowels kat-, from kata "down from, down to." Its principal sense is "down," but with occasional senses of "against" or "wrongly." Also sometimes used as an intensive or with a sense of completion of action. Very active in ancient Greek, this prefix is found in English mostly in words borrowed through Latin after c.1500.

cation

1834, from Gk. kation "going down," neut. prp. of katienai "to go down," from kata "down" (see kata-) + ienai "to go" (see ion).

onnagata

in Kabuki and similar drama, a man who plays female roles, 1901, from Japanese, from onna "woman" + kata "figure."

catoptromancy

"divination by means of a mirror," 1610s, from Gk. katoptron "mirror" (from kata- "against" + stem of optos "seen, visible") + -mancy.

catapult (n.)

1570s, from M.Fr. catapulte, from L. catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Gk. katapeltes, from kata "against" (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl."

catafalque (n.)

1640s, from Fr. catafalque (17c.), from It. catafalco "scaffold," from V.L. *catafalicum, from Gk. kata- "down," used in Medieval Latin with a sense of "beside, alongside" + fala "scaffolding, wooden siege tower," said to be of Etruscan origin.

catalectic (adj.)

1580s, "wanting a syllable in the last foot," from L.L. catalecticus, from Gk. katalektikos "leaving off," from kata- "down" (see cata-) + legein "to leave off, cease from" (see lecture (n.)).

catatonic (adj.)

1908, from Mod.L. catatonia, replacing katatonia (1880s), which was formed directly from Gk. kata- "down" (see cata-) + tonos "tone" (see tenet).

catalysis (n.)

1650s, "dissolution," from Gk. katalysis "dissolution, a dissolving" (of governments, military units, etc.), from katalyein "to dissolve," from kata- "down" (or "completely"), see cata-, + lyein "to loosen" (see lose). Chemical sense is attested from 1836.

cathode

1834, from Gk. kathodos "a way down," from kata- "down" + hodos "way" (see cede). So called from the path the electric current was supposed to take. Related: Cathodic. Cathode ray first attested 1880, but the phenomenon known from 1859; cathode ray tube is from 1905.

catoblepas

late 14c., from L., from Gk. katobleps, from kato "downward" (related to kata-) + blepein "to look." Name given by ancient authors to some African animal.

A wylde beest that hyghte Catoblefas and hath a lytyll body and nyce in all membres and a grete heed hangynge alway to-warde the erth. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]

cataract (n.)

early 15c., from L. cataracta "waterfall," from Gk. katarhaktes "waterfall, broken water; swooping, rushing down; portcullis," noun use of adjective from kata "down" (see cata-) + arhattein "to strike hard." Its alternative sense in Latin of "portcullis" probably was passed through French to form the English meaning "eye disease" (early 15c.), on the notion of "obstruction."

cataphract (n.)

"coat of mail," Middle English, from L. cataphractes "breastplate of iron scales," from Gk. kataphraktes "coat of mail," from kataphraktos "covered up," from kataphrassein "to fortify," from kata "entirely" (see cata-) + phrassein "to fence around, enclose, defend."

catalepsy (n.)

late 14c., cathalempsia, from M.L. catalepsia, from Gk. katalepsis "a seizure, a seizing upon, a taking possession," from kataleptos "seized," from katalambanein "to seize upon," from kata- "down" (see cata-) + lambanein "to take" (see analemma).

catastrophe (n.)

1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama), from L. catastropha, from Gk. katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (see strophe). Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748.

cataplexy (n.)

"the state of an animal when it is feigning death," 1883, from Ger. kataplexie, from Gk. kataplexis "stupefaction, amazement, consternation," from kataplessein "to strike down" (with fear, etc.), from kata- "down" (see cata-) + plessein "to strike, hit," from PIE *plak- "to strike" (cf. plague).

catarrh (n.)

late 14c., from M.L. catarrus, from L.L. catarrhus, from Gk. katarrhous "a catarrh, a head cold," lit. "a flowing down," from kata- "down" (see cata-) + rhein "to flow" (see rheum).

cataclysm (n.)

1630s, from Fr. cataclysme, from L. cataclysmos, from Gk. kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).

catalogue (n.)

early 15c., from O.Fr. catalogue, from L.L. catalogus, from Gk. katalogos "a list, register, enrollment" (e.g. the katalogos neon, the "catalogue of ships" in the "Iliad"), from kata "down, completely" + legein "to say, count" (see lecture (n.)).

catholic (adj.)

mid-14c., "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted," from Fr. catholique, from L.L. catholicus "universal, general," from Gk. katholikos, from phrase kath' holou "on the whole, in general," from kata "about" + gen. of holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c.1554, after the Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all, universal" is from 1550s. As a noun, attested from 1560s.

catheter

c.1600, from Fr. cathéter, from L.L. catheter "a catheter," from Gk. katheter, from kathienai "to let down, thrust in," from kata "down" + stem of hienai "to send" (see jet (v.)). Earlier was cathirum (early 15c.), directly from M.L. Related: Catheterization; catheterized; catheterizing.

catabolism (n.)

1876, katabolism, "destructive metabolism," from Gk. katabole "a throwing down" (also "a foundation"), from kataballein "to throw down," from kata- "down" (see cata-) + ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Probably formed in English on the model of metabolism. Related: Catabolic.

catechesis

from Gk. katekhesis "instruction by word of mouth," from katekhein "to instruct orally," originally "to resound" (with sense evolution via "to sound (something) in someone's ear; to teach by word of mouth." From kata- "down" (in this case, "thoroughly") + ekhein "to sound, ring," from ekho "sound," from PIE *(s)wagh- "to resound."

catachresis (n.)

1580s, from L. catachresis, from Gk. katakhresis "misuse" (of a word), from katakhresthai "to misuse," from kata- "down" (here with a sense of "perversion;" see cata-) + khresthai "to use" (see hortatory). Related: Catachrestic.

cathedral (n.)

1580s, "church of a bishop," from phrase cathedral church (c.1300), translating L.L. ecclesia cathedralis "church of a bishop's seat;" with adjectival suffix -al (1), from L. cathedra "an easy chair (principally used by ladies)," also metonymically, e.g. cathedrae molles "luxurious women;" also "a professor's chair;" from Gk. kathedra "seat, bench," from kata "down" + hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid," from PIE root *sed- "to sit" (see sedentary).

category (n.)

1580s, from M.Fr. catégorie, from L.L. categoria, from Gk. kategoria, from kategorein "to speak against; to accuse, assert, predicate," from kata "down to" (or perhaps "against;" see cata-) + agoreuein "to declaim (in the assembly)," from agora "public assembly," from PIE root *ger- "to gather" (see gregarious). Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.

category should be used by no-one who is not prepared to state (1) that he does not mean class, & (2) that he knows the difference between the two .... [Fowler]

catawampus

also catawampous, cattywampus, catiwampus, etc. (see "Dictionary of American Slang" for more), American colloquial. First element perhaps from obsolete cater "to set or move diagonally" (see catty-cornered); second element perhaps related to Scottish wampish "to wriggle, twist, or swerve about." Or perhaps simply the sort of jocular pseudo-classical formation popular in the slang of those times, with the first element suggesting Gk. kata-. Earliest use seems to be in adverbial form, catawampusly (1834), expressing no certain meaning but adding intensity to the action: "utterly, completely; with avidity, fiercely, eagerly." It appears as a noun from 1843, as a name for an imaginary hobgoblin or fright, perhaps from influence of catamount. The adjective is attested from the 1840s as an intensive, but this is only in British lampoons of American speech and might not be authentic. It was used in the U.S. by 1864 in a sense of "askew, awry, wrong" and by 1873 (noted as a peculiarity of North Carolina speech) as "in a diagonal position, on a bias, crooked."