Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP-O-PEMP'TIC
A-PO-NEU-RO'SIS, or A-PO-NEU'RO-SYA-POPH'A-SIS
AP-O-PEMP'TIC, a. [Gr. απο, from and πεμπω, to send.]
Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger, on his departure from a place to his own country. It may be used as a noun for the hymn. – Encyc.
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