MANUAL
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MANUAL , i.e. belonging to the hand (Lat. mantes), a word chiefly used to describe an occupation which employs the hands,' as opposed to that which chiefly or entirely employs the mind. Particular uses of the word are: " sign-manual, a signature or autograph, especially one affixed to a state document; " manual-exercise," in military usage, drill in the handling of the rifle; "manual alphabet ," the formation of the letters of the alphabet by the fingers of one or both hands for communication with the deaf and dumb; and " manual acts," the breaking of the bread, and the taking of the cup in the hands by the officiating priest in consecrating the elements during the celebration of the Eucharist . The use of the word for tools and implements to be used by. the hand, as, distinct from machinery, only survives in the " manual fire-engine ." From the late Latin use of manuale as a substantive, meaning " handbook," conies the use of the word for a book treating a subject in a concise way, but more particularly of a book of offices, containing the forms to be used in the administration of the sacraments other than the Mass , but including communion out of the Mass , also the forms for churching, burials, &c. In the Roman Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk - CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o) - CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD (1784–1873) such a book is usually called a rituale, " manual " being the name given to it in the English Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk - CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
before the Reformation. The keyboard of an organ, as played by the hands, is called the " manual," in distinction from the " pedal " keys played by the feet.
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