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anaphora
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[əˈnaf(ə)rə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they
- the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- the part of the Eucharist that contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion
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Origin
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Old English anaphora: anaphora anaphora via Latin from Greek, ‘repetition’, from ana- ‘back’ + pherein ‘to bear’; anaphora from late Greek
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