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greateft diftance from the Nodes, mi. in the Points E, F, Offices, and prompted them the Names of all the Citizens fheisfaid to bein her Limits. See Limit.
The Moon muft be in one of the Nodes when there is an Eclipfe, either of the Sun or Moon. See Eclipse, Pla- net,^.
Node, in Dialling, is fometimes ufed for the Style, In- dex, or Gnomon of a Dial. See Gnomon
they met, that they might follicite them, and call them by their Names; which among that People, was the hiehefi piece of Civility. See Candidate.
lent Heretics, uncipies or jnumijma Vtilarum, an Account of the Names of all the
r of Sabell.u, Villages, and the Poffeflors thereof, in each County, drawn
rfon in the Godhead ; was. u p by the feveral Sheriffs, at the Inflance of Kina Edw I
raughr, that twas God the an d return'd by them into the Exchequer; where it i.
The Nomenclator was alfo call'd Protocols.
Nomenclator of the Roman Church, was an Officer
whofe Bufinefs was to call the Perfons whom the Pope
Sometimes it is alfo ufed for a Hole in the Ceiling of a invited to Dinner. He alfo Iiflen'd to thofe who demanded
Room, or in the Window, for the making of a Dial on the Audience ; in the fame manner as thofe now retainVI h„ ,h.
Floor, Wall, or the like. Cardinals, call'd Ju&ors retain a r>y the
NODUS, or&ot, fee Knot. NOMENCLATURE, a Catalogue of feveral of the
NnmYA^'p? ^ lNTR ' GU % „ ,. . , r "ore ufual Words in any Language,wi,h their Significations ;
MODULUS, in Fhatmicy, a Bag of Medicinal Tngre- compiled in order to facilitate the Ufe of fuch Words to dients put into Beer or Wine, the Tinflure whereof the thofe who are to learn the Tongue. Patient is to take. We have Leah, Greek, ire,,ch,8<c. Nomenclatures
NOETIANS, a Seft ef antient Heretics, Difciples of NOMINA ViUanm, an Account of tie Nimesnf.,11 A* Noetius, an Ephefia,,, the Mafler of Sabelhtr
They only allowed of one Perf< the Father ; and accordingly taug
Father that fuffeted : An Error, fays Epifbanius, who ftiU preferved.
wrote an hundred Years after Noams, never heard of be- NOMINALS, or Nominalists a Sect of School fore; tho 'tis certain there had been other Fttrif a/fans in Philofophers, the Difciples and Followers of Qcbam a„ the Church before him. See Patripassi an. Enghfh Cordelier in the 14th Century '
Being reprehended by his Superiors, Noetius made them The NominaUfls were great dealers in Words' whence this Anfwer : What harm ha-ve 1 done ? / adore one only they were vulgarly denominated Word-fellers God ; 1 own none but him. He was born, fuffered, and is They had the denomination Nominal,]} becaufe in op
„„, . ., ,. . ,. , ,.„ pofition to the Realijis, they maintain'd, that Words nor
NOUmetangere, in Medicine, a kind of Cancer, or a Things, were the Objeft of Dialectics See R*«r'„T malignant Eruption in the Face, occasioned by an ex- tic. tremely fharp, corrofive Humour. 'Tis faid to be very dangerous touching it ; for, frequently, in endeavouring to cure it, 'tis irritated the more, and the Patient's Death haflened.
Hence its Name, which literally Signifies, don't touch me.
Noli »ie tangere, is chiefly ufed among us for an exter- nal Ulcer in the AU of the Nofe ; proceeding often from a Venereal Caufe, tho fometimes the Effecl of a Scrophu- lous Conflitution. See Ulcer.
It does not always confine itfelf to the Alee, but will reprefent and fignifyi after the fame'univor^T'"' """'j fpread and corrode the very Subflance of the Nofe. The without any d»u7ck"rV raft "varietur* f T'l-* * Cure is difficult, efpecially when it arifes from a bad Con- alike in Genus and Species V fi " gle th,n S s
tic
This Seft had its firfl Rife towards the end of the Xlth Centuty, and pretended to follow Porfhiry and Ariliotle ■
Nam" WaS n ° £ " U 0C '"" n ' S time *" they ba ' e thi * The Nominal* were the Founders of the Univerfity of Le.pfc: There are many yet abroad, who pique them- ielves on being hommah. * *
TheNommals, with the Stoics, admit the formal Con-
CptK
s or Ideas of Things, as the Subject and Foundal tionofUniverfahty; but to this they add Names, which
ilirution.
The Botaniffs alfo defcribe a Plant under this denomi nation, which it derives from of darting out of the Hand to
Whence it is they are call'd Nominal s ; as prete,
t derives from a fingular Property it has of things, but 'tis likewife requ ired* InoTtne p 1? its Seed when ripe, upon the firfl approach Names of the Genera and Species of ThlZ ,V V u tne Hand to touch its Pods. See Semination. able to exprefs them clearlv ,„d Zl ■ t 1 g ' ? nd '" be
^O^DES,,^ m ,^ n ,i^ Antiqu uy, ,0 feveral fu(L°«Iqai4«t?on .' * P rec,fel y> w »»°»t Con-
- e Aflion of Naming, and appoint-
ice. ting to a
Benefice, gfc. SeeBsNEFicE, $$c.
and tend their Flocks ; and who had no fix'd Place of ing a Perfon for fomeFunffion EmPloT'of'Rt" 15 ^ Abode, but wereconflan.ly fhifting, according to the Con- S T he Word is chiefly ufed fo theXfi of Pro- veniences of Paflurage. u c.i srf- o— I
The moll celebrated among the Nomades were thofe of Africa, who inhabited between Zengitania to the Eaft, and Mauritania to the Well.
Salujt fays, they were a Colony of Perfans brought into Africa with Hercules.
The Nomades of Afia inhabited the Coafls of the Cafpan-
In Common Law, however, there is a difference between Nom.nauon and Frefentation ; the former being properly a Power which a Man has, by virtue of a Manor, or other-
The Nomades cf&ythia were, and ftill are, the Inhabi- tants of Little Tartary.
The Wotd comes from the Greek ripe), I feed. NOMANCY, the Art of divining the Fates of Perfons
to be by him prefented to the Ordinary. See PresentaI tion and Collation
NOMINATIVE, in Grammar, the firft Cafe of >J„„n, which are declinable. See Case. N ° UnS
The Ample Pofition, or laying down of a Noun or Name, is call d the Nommathe Cafe ; ye t is it not fo pro- perly a Cafe, as the Matter or Ground whence the other
by means of the Letters that fotm their Names See K^fJ.~..JIXCl c™. ij"u" "i " ruuna wl "
Name. Cafes are to be form d by the feveral Changes and In-
». • r 11 ,i,, „ flexions given to this firfl Termination S^p "Nln,,.
Nomancy is more ufually call'd Onomancy. See Ono- i~ -u&it _/■-:.. u-_i...* . *\ !r n- «e JMotjh mancy.
The Word is a Compound of the Latin, Nomen, Name, and uavnia., Divination.
Nomancy, or, as it ffiould rather be call'd, Nominomancy, otOmmatomancy, feems to be nothing elfe but the Cab- baliflic Gematria. See Cabbala.
NOMA RCHA, in Antiquity. Egyft was antiently di
- ided into fevetal Regions, or Quarters, call'd Noma's
flexions given to this firfl Termination.
\ S c hie f u f eis f t0 , be P kce <' in Difcourfebeforeall Verbs as theSubjeS of the Propofition, or Affirmation ; as Do mnusreg.tme, the Lord governs me ; Deus exauditme God hearkens me. ' u " u
NOMINATOR, he who names, or prefents a Perfoa to an Office, or Benefice.
Hence Nominee, the Perfon named or prefented
Enard obferves there are fome Cuftoms where the Ni- mmator is refponfible for the Solvability of the Nommee
NOMOCANON, aColleflion of Canons, andTf Im- perial Laws, relating or conformable thereto. See Ca-
from the Greek ,'o V .%-, taken in the Senfe of a Divifion ;' and the Officer who had the Adminiftration of each Noma from the King, was call'd Nomarcha, fromrV©-, and aev» Command. , £ „
NOMBRIL Point, in Heraldry, is the next below the J^l Nm ° cmvl ™ ™»de by Johannes Scholajlicus
Fefs-Point ; or the very Centre of the Efcutchfnn «„„ Jt ■ u • , r„ n
ppofing the Efcutcheon divided into two ~ 7?° s heZ" t^Zlcan^ C ^t^fl " ^' C ° m P iled «~-
ffieFefs; the firft of thefe Divifion, U \%5n2£ttf& tl?™'^.: °'.?° X }?*™ °, f * he . Ci «! ^ with the
the lower the Bale. See Point and Escutcheon
NOME, or Name in Algebra, is any Quamiry with a
Sign prefixed or added to it, whereby it is connected with
fome other Quantity ; upon which the whole becomes a
Binomial, or Trinomial, $&c. See Quantity.
Thus a -f- t is a Binomial, whofe Names are a and I •
and a-\- b-\-c a Trinomial, whofe Names are a, b and I
tic. See Binomial, Trinomial.
Canons : This is the moll celebrated Commentary on it in 1180.
Balfamon made s
NoMocANON.isalfoa Colleflion of the antient Canon of the Apoflles, Councils, and Fathers, without anv reear"
NOMENCLATOR, among the Romans, was ufuallv a J -7« T Slave, who attended Perfons B that flood Candidatesfor " ' ^
to Imperial Conftitutions; fuch isTatpubl?fhed by 8 ^
B«k *&"££*• '" rom «™-^fo- Penitential The WoM is composed of the Greek vi,*®-, £e. T ,LaW}
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