| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| epact | noun | The moon’s age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. |
| ephah | noun | Alt. of Epha |
| ephod | noun | A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. |
| ephor | noun | A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king. |
| epoch | noun | A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era., A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation., A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period., The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position., An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860. |
| epode | noun | The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, — the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode., A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich. |
| epopt | noun | One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. |
| epure | noun | A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing. |