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Chambers, Ephraim, 1680 (ca.)-1740 / Cyclopædia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine : the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial : the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial : with the several systems, sects, opinions, &c : among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, criticks, &c : the whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning
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Crowned - czar, pp. 351-368
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( 368 ) t~he Delgn of the Infitution was, 'to ppofe the Defcents and Irruptions of the Infidels in this Ifland: Accordingly~ their Motto was Securitas Regni. See SwoRD. CYRENAICI, a Sea of antient Philofophers; fo called from their Chief .Ariftippus of Cyree, a Difciple of So- crates. Their leading Tenet was, that Man was born for Plea- fure; and that Vertue is only fo far laudable, as it conduces thereto. By Pleafure, they meant, not only a Privation from Pain, and a Tranquillity of Mind like what Epicurus preach'd uip; but an Al~hmblage of all the pofitive Pleafures both of the Mind and the Senfes; efpecially the laft. Cicero makes frequent mention of Ariftippus's School; and fpeaks of it as if it yielded Debauchees. Three Difciples of Ariflippus, after his Death, divided the Seft into three Branches i under which Divifion it lan- guifh'd and funk: the firfi call'd the Hegeftac School; the Tecond the Annicerian, and the third the 7i/eodorian; from the Names of their Authors. CYRTOMA, a Tumor in any Part of the Body. See TUMOR. CYST-HEPATIC Dulg, a Canal, by which the Porns A'ilarius discharges part of its Bile into the Gall-Bladder. It was firfl defcrib'd by Dr. Gliffon, and long afterwards pre- tended to be difcover'd by M. Perrault. Verbayen, from the Courfe of the Bile, inverts the Name, and more properly calls it Hepaticyflicus. See HEPATI- CYSTICUS. CYSTIC, an Epithet given to two Arteries and two Veins in the Gall-Bladder. See GALLt-!Bladder. The Cyftic Arteries, or Cylice Gemelle, are two Bran- ches from the Celiac, beflow'd on the Gall-Bladder, and bringing Blood into the fame: The Cyflic Veins return the Remains of this Blood into the Vena Porta. See PORT A. CysT ics, are Medicines againrf Diftempers in the Blad- der. See LITIoNTRIPTICS. CYSTICUS .Meatus, a Bilary Du&, about the bignefs CZ of a Go(te's Quill; joinX' to the A about two Inches diflance from the Gi together forming the Z)tuus Communii munis. CYSTIS, the fame with hPl44a o' LICA, and BLADDSA. The Word is Greek, xdglti ChIO U l b the ~J4'Vi~fl4' j Ö -famÖi FOtLICULUs. _ CYTHARA, an antient Mufical Initrument, fuppofed the fame with the Lyra ; at leafi, a part cies of the Lyra; by others different: Tho its pre ture does not appear. See Lyia. The Antients defcribe it as triangular, in form, Delta, ,A : The Poets afcribe the Infentiontto'X5 CYZICENES, Cyzicena, among the antient Gi a fort of magnificent Banquetting- Ioufes, always the North, and ufually opening upon Gardens. They had their Name from Cyzicus, a City derable for the Grandeu of its Buildings; fituate i of the Propontis of the fame Name. Thefe Cyzicenes were among the Greeks, wha clinia and Cxnacula were among the Romans. CZAR, a Title of Honour, ailum'd by the Gra or, as they are now fyl'd, Emperors, of Ru fi. The Natives pronounce it f1i'r, or Zaar; an Corruption, from Cefar, Emperor: they pretend defcended from ugtuflus; and accordingly beari gle as a Symbol of their Empire. See CKss&. The firft who bore the Title of Czar, was R4 Bafilides, who freed his Country from its Subje&l EI ...rs, anya tnt neo it onn usepr i-n nouRting,4U Yartars, and hrit let it on its prelent irootaig, o Year 1470. M. Sperlingius, in his Dilfertation on the Majefly Name Konning, obferves, that the Ruijan Princes bore the Name of Czar, till their People had embraw Greek Faith: before that Time, he fays, they were Konger, King. i1 3 -Cys ts Y P" b ~~, I kE, II VId 2 r N F, Og I
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