Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-POTH'E-SIS
A-PO-THE'O-SIZEA-POT'O-ME, or A-POT'O-MY
A-POTH'E-SIS, n. [Gr. απο, and τιθημι, to put back.]
- The reduction of a dislocated bone. – Coxe.
- A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, &c. – Wheler.
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