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HOMESOKEN, or rather HamsOken, the Privilege or Freedom which every Man hath in his Houfe. — Hence he who invades that Freedom, is properly faid faeere Home- foken. See Hamsoken.
This feems to be what we now call Burglary, which is a Crime of a very heinous Nature, as being not only a Breach of the King's Peace, but a Breach of that Liberty which a Man hath in bis Houfe, which, as we commonly lay, fhould be his Cattle, and therefore ought not to be invaded. Bratlon lib. 3. See Burglary.
The Word is alio us'd for an Impunity to thole who have committed this Crime.— Hamfokne, hoc eji quietus e/fe de amerciaments pro ingrejfa, hojpitii violenter {$ fine hcentia contra pace}}? Regis, & quod teneatis placita de bujufmodi uan[gre[fmnc in curia vejlra. W. Thorn, 2030.
HQME-ftall, a Maniion Houie or Seat in the Country. See Mansion.
HOMER, or Omer, a Jewifh Meafure, containing the tenth Parr of the Epha. See Measure and Epha.
HOMICIDE, in common Law, the killing of a Man.
It is divided into voluntary and cafual. Voluntary Homicide, is that which is deliberate, and com- mitted with a let Purpofe and Mind to kill 5 and is either with a precedent Malice, or without. — The former is Mur- der, and is a felonious killing, with Malice prepenle, any Perlbn in the Realm, living under the King's Protection. See Murder and Manslaughter.
Cafual Homicide, is either merely cafual or mix'd. — Merely cafual, is when a Perfon kills another by pure Mil- chance, being about his lawful Occafions 5 as in the Cafe of an Ax Hipping out of a Man's Hand, or falling off the Helve while he is felling a Tree. See Chance Medley.
It is accounted mix'd, when there is Negligence, or fbme other unwarrantable Circumftance, attending the Action.
HOMILY, or Homely, originally fignify'd a Conference or Meeting ; but has lince been apply'd to an Exhortation, or Sermon deliver'd to the People. See Sermon.
The Greek Word, Homilia, fays M. Fleury, fignifies a familiar Difcourfe 5 like the Latin, Serine: And Difcourfes deliver'd in the Church took thde Denominations, to inti- ma te that they were not Harangues, or Matters of Oftentation and Flourifh, like thole of prophane Orators $ but familiar TDifcourfes, as of a Matter to his Difciples, or a Father to his Children.
All the Homilies, of the Greek and Latin Fathers are compos'd by Bifhops. — We have none of Tertullian, Clemens AlexandrinilS, and other learned Perfbns; by reafon, in the firir Ages, none but Bifhops were admitted to preach.
The Privilege was not ordinarily allow'd to Priefls till toward the Vth Century. — St. Chryfoftom was the firft Prieft that preach'd itatedly : Origen and St. Auguftin alfo preach'd, but it was by a peculiar Licence or Privi- lege.
'■Photius ditlinguifhes Homily from Sermon $ in that the Homily was pcrform'd in a more familiar Manner 5 the Pre- late interrogating and talking to the People 5 and they, in their Turn, anfwering and interrogating him : So that it was properly a Converfation $ whereas the Sermon was deliver'd with more Form, and in the Pulpit, after the Manner of the Orators.
There are leveral fine Homilies of the Fathers {till ex- tant ; and particularly of St, Chryfoftom, St. Gregory, Sec.
The Word is Greek, hpthU ; form'd of 0^©-, Coitus, Affembly, Council.
HOMINE capto in Witbemamium , a Writ for appre- hending him that has taken any Bondman or Woman, and led him or her out of the County ; fo that he or fhe cannot be reptevy'd according to Law. See Withernam.
Homine Reflegiando, a Writ for the Bailing of a Man out of Prifon. See Bail, Replevy, tfc.
HOMINICOtJE, HomincoljE, in Antiquity, a Name which the Apollinarifts gave to the Orthodox, to denote them Worfhippers of a Man. See Apollinarists.
As the Orthodox maintain'd that Jeius Chrift was God- man 5 the Apollinarifts accus'd them of adoring a Man, and call'd them Hominicoles.
The Word is form'd of the Latin, homo, bominis, Man, and cdo, I worfhip.
HOMOCENTR1C, in Aftronomy, a Term of the fame Import with concentric See Concentric.
The Hypothefis ofTtolomy is explain'd by means of divers Joomocentric and excentric Circles. See Excentric, ££?c.
The Word is Greek, compos'd of ouoi, alike, fimilar, and 7J&TOQV, Centre,
HOMOEOPTOTON, Q$u>iwwm, a Figure in Rhetonck, where leveral Members of a Sentence end in like Cafes.
HOMOEOTELEUTON.o^ioTSAeu™', a Figure in Rhe- torick, where leveral Members of a Sentence end alike.
HOMOGENEOUS, or Homogeneal, is a Term ap- ply'd to various Subjects, to denote, that they confifl: of fimilar Parts, or Parts of the lame Nature and Kind. — In
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contradiflinflion to Heterogeneous, where the Parts are of different Natures, &c.
Natural Bodies, for the generality, are compos'd of ho- mogeneous Parts ; as a Diamond, a Metal, i£c. — Artificial Bodies, on the contrary, are Affemblages of heterogeneous Parts, or Parts of different Qualities ; as a Building, of Stone, Wood, &c. See Heterogmeal.
_ The Word is compos'd of the Greek, i/d,, idem, or £qua- Us, and >V©-, Genus, Kind.
Homogeneal Light, is that whofe Rays are all of one and the fame Colour, Degree of Refrangibility and Reflexi- bility. See Light and Ray.
Homogeneal Numbers, are thofe of the fame Kind and Nature. See Number.
Homogeneal Surds, are fuch as have one common radi- 3 3
calSign; as •/ : 27, and-/ : 3. See Surd.
HOMOGENEUM.Gwz/araftWs, in Algebra, the known Quantity in an Equation ; call'd alfo Absolute Number. See Equation, ££fc.
It is call'd Hormgeneum Camfamtioms, of Comfarifin, to diftinguifh ir from the other Terms ; which tho' homogene- ous as well as this, i. e. always rais'd to the fame Degree of Power, are not the Quantities to which Things are here compared or referr'd.
HOMOIOMERICAL Principles, a peculiar Kind of Principles, fuppos'd, by Anaxagoras, in all mix'd Bodies ; being determinate Numbers of fiich fimilar Principles, as, when they came to become Parts, e.gr. of an Animal Body, would there make fuch Maffes and Combinations as their Nature requir'd, w'a. the Sanguinary Particles would then- meet all together and make Blood, the Urinous Particles conftitute Urine, the Offeous ones Bones, the Carneous Flefh, ££?c. See Principle.
HOMOLOGATION, in the Civil Law, the Aft of con- firming or rendering a Thing more valid and folemn, by a Publication, Repetition, or Recognition thereof.
The Creditors have fign'd the Contract ; there remains nothing but to get it homologated.
The Word comes from the Greek, ifu^-jia., Confenr, Affent, form'd of op&t, Jimilis, alike, and Aoy®- of >Xy&v, dicere, to fay, q. d. to fay the fame thing, to confenr, agree.
HOMOLOGOUS, in Geometty, is apply'd to the Sides of fimilar Figures ; which are faid to be homologous, or in Proportion to each other. See. Similar.
Thus, the Bafe of one Triangle, is homologous to the Baft of another fimilar Triangle : So, in fimilar Triangles, the Sides oppofite to equal Angles, are faid to be homologous, See Triangle.
Equiangular or fimilar Triangles, have their homologous Sides proportional.
All fimilar Recfangles are to each other, as the Squares of their homologous Sides. See Rectangle.
The Word is Greek, compos'd of J/*©-, Similar, and ?.oy@-, Ratio, Reafon, q. d. Quantities alike to each other in Ratio. — So, if the Ratio of A to B, be the fame as of C to D ; here A is homologous to C, as B to D ; by reafon of the Similitude between the Antecedents and Confequents. The two Antecedents, and the two Confequents, then, in any continu'd Geometrical Proportion, are homologous Terms. See Proportion.
Homologous 'things, in Logick, are fuch as agree in Name, bur are of different Natures. — Thefe coincide with what wer othefwife call Equivocal sterna. See Equi- vocal.
HOMONYMIA, in Logic, an Equivocation. See Homo-
NYMUS, &C.
HOMONYMUS, or Homonymous, in Logic, is ap- ply'd to a Word which has two different Meanings; or ex- preffes two Things of different Nature and Quality.
Homonymous is the fame as Equivocal. See Equivo- cal.
The Word is compos'd of iftis, Jimilis, and the Ionic oraf<x for evouK, nomen. Name.
HOMOOUSIOS, o^ac/of, among Divines, a Being of the fame Subftance or Effence. See Substance. See alfo Person, l$c.
HOMOOUSIANS, Homousians, Homousions, Ho- mousionists, Homousiasts, are Names which rhe Arians anciently gave to the Orthodox, by reafon rhey held that God the Son is Homooufios, i. e. confubfiantial with the Fa- ther. See Heterousians.
Htmeric, King of the Vandals, publifh'd a Refcript, di- rected to all the Homoujian Bifhops. See Person, (gc.
The Word is Greek, o^iutlsj©; or o^oaWr, fignifying of the fame Subftance.
HOMOPHAGI, among the ancient Geographers, a Name given ro cerrain Nations who fed on raw Flefh ; as rhe Scythians, £j?c
The Word is form'd of eja®-, crude, raw ; and fiy,, I cat.
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