Coronis Definition

noun

A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.

Wiktionary

(Ancient Greek grammar) A spiritus lenis written atop a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.

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Other Word Forms of Coronis

Noun

Singular:
coronis
Plural:
coronides

Origin of Coronis

  • From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnis, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”); cognate with the French coronis.

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Coronis Sentence Examples

  • John Johnston in his Coronis martyrum says he died in exile in 1556.

  • Subsequently Ames entered into a controversy in print with Grevinchovius on universal redemption and election, and cognate problems. He brought together all he had maintained in his Coronis ad Collationem Hagiensem - his most masterful book, which figures largely in Dutch church history.

  • It was at this time he began his memorable controversy with Episcopius, who, in attacking the Coronis, railed against the author as having been "a disturber of the public peace in his native country, so that the English magistrates had banished him thence; and now, by his late printed Coronis, he was raising new disturbances in the peaceable Netherlands."

  • The Coronis had been primarily prepared for the synod of Dort, which sat from November 1618 until May 1619.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

SISNIS

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Words Starting With C and Ending With S

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With S