Theopathetic
(The`o*pa*thet"ic The`o*path"ic) a. Of or pertaining to a theopathy.
Theopathy
(The*op"a*thy) n. [Gr. God + to suffer, feel.] Capacity for religious affections or worship.
Theophanic
(The`o*phan"ic) a. Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.
Theophany
(The*oph"a*ny) n.; pl. - nies A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually
as an incarnation.
Theophilanthropic
(The`o*phil`an*throp"ic) a. Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
Theophilanthropism
(The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism) n. The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
Theophilanthropist
(The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist) n. [Cf. F. théophilanthrope.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a
deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution.
Theophilanthropy
(The`o*phi*lan"thro*py) n. [Gr. God + E. philanthropy.] Theophilanthropism. Macaulay.
Theophilosophic
(The`o*phil`o*soph"ic) a. [Gr. God + E. philosophic.] Combining theism and philosophy,
or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.
Theopneusted
(The`op*neus"ted) a. Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]
Theopneustic
(The`op*neus"tic) a. [Gr. inspired of God; God + to blow, to breathe.] Given by the inspiration
of the Spirit of God.
Theopneusty
(The"op*neus`ty) n. Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in
qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.
Theorbist
(The*or"bist) n. (Mus.) One who plays on a theorbo.
Theorbo
(The*or"bo) n. [F. théorbe, téorbe, formerly tuorbe, tiorbe, It. tiorba.] (Mus.) An instrument
made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed
by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.
A larger form of theorbo was also called the archlute, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment
to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.
Theorem
(The"o*rem) n. [L. theorema, Gr. a sight, speculation, theory, theorem, fr. to look at, a spectator: cf.
F. théorème. See Theory.]
1. That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
Not theories, but theorems the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind,
and of and for the mind exclusively.
Coleridge.
By the theorems,
Which your polite and terser gallants practice,
I re-refine the court, and civilize
Their
barbarous natures.
Massinger. 2. (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a problem, which is something to
be solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or statement of relations
expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under
Proposition, n., 5.
