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CONCERT, or CONCERTO, popularly CONSORT, dinals that are at Renin, for the Elcflion of a Pope. o„
and on this
the were carried t
a Number, or Company of Muficians playing, or finging the Pope, Election, fcc
fame Song, or piece of Mufick together. See Musick. The Com/«w had its rife in 1 the Year
The Word Concert may be applied where the Mufick is occafion : Clement IV. being dead at Vncrbo, in i 2 s8 • A only Melody, ;'. c. .the Performers are all in TJnifon ; but it Cardinals werenvo Years without jjetng able to agree on th is more properly, as, well as more ufually underflood of Har- rnony, or where the Mufick confifts of divers Parts; as Bafs, Tenor, c^e. See Melody, Harmony, Part, S3c.
CONCESSI, a Term much ufed in Conveyances, (£c. its Effect is to create a Covenant, as Dedi does a Warranty, See Covenant. .
CONCESSION, in Rhctorick, a Figure whereby iorne-
Election of a SuccefTor : In effect, things that pafs, that they were upon the Point of breaking*!," without coming to any Co.'clufion at ail. ° ?>
The Inhabitants of Viterbo, then, being appriz'd F thei Defign, by the Advice of S. Sonaventure, then at Viterhr /hut the Gates of their City, and lock'd up the Cardinals i ! the Pontifical Palace adjoining to the Cathedral, till the»
a is "ranted, or allow'd the Adverfary, either to pre- were brought to a better underftsnding.
vent being dctain'd by unneceffary Incidents, or to make Hence arofe the Cuftom which has fince prevail'd, of
fome Advantaoe of. / will not contefi with you the Reality /hutting up the Cardinals in a fingle Palace, till they have
of the Contrail ; what I flead for is relief againft the In- elefled the Pope. Such was the Origin of the Conclave, as
jnflice of it. — -True, fie is fair, but ought Jbe not tofbew related by Omtpb. Tanvmius, Ctacomus, and Tapbrccb.
her Acknowledgments to Heaver, for the Favour, by making See Cardinal,
Conclave is alfo ufed fot the Place wherein the Election of the -Pope is perform 'd ; which is, now, at St. Peter's j n the Vatican ; too Gregory X. and Clement V.
appointed it ftiould always be held in the Place where the lait P „ e ihould die.
While the Affair is in hand, if it be in Winter, the Walls nd Windows are all mured up, excepting a fingie Pane ta give a little Light: In Summer the Windows are not clofed- but the great Door of the Hall is fecured with four Locks' and four Bolts ; an Aperture being, however, left, to amply the imprifon'd Prelates with Victuals thro'.
In the Hall, which is very ample, there are Cells or Stalls erected for as many Cardinals as are to be preient at the Election ; the Cells being only feparated by Deal Boards.
The Cells are mark'd with Letters of the Alphabet, and
,. -virtuous life of her 'Beauty 1
CONCHA, Shell, in Anatomy, a Name given the ie- cond, or inward Cavity of the Auricle, or external Ear ; reaching to the Entrance of the Auditory Dufl. See Ear, and Auricle.
Some alfo give the fame Name to the firft Cavity or the inward Ear, which others call the 1)rum ; and others to the Veflibulum of the Labyrinth, which is the fecond Ca- vity of the internal Ear. See Tympanum, and Vesti-
BULUM. ^
The Name has its Origin from a refemblance thefe Ca- vities beat to a Concha, or Sea-fJjell.
CONCHILIS, or CONCHOID, in Geometry, a Curve Line, which always approaches nearer a flrait Line to which it is inclined, but never meets it. See Curve.
It is del'crib'd thus : Draw a rightin'ne B D, (Plate Ana- are diftributed to the Cardinals by Lot : Each Cardinal puts
lyticks Fig 1.) and another A C, perpendicular to it in E ; his Arms on the Cell that falls to his fhare. See Cell.
draw any Number of right Lines, as CM, CM cutting BD After the Affembly has held three Days, they are only al-
in O ' make Q M = c£n = AE = EE; the Curve where- low'd one Dim for a Meal; after five Days, only Bread
in the Points M M are found, is the Conchilis, or Conchois and Water : Tho this Rule is not over-religiouily regarded,
prima ; fo called by its Inventor Nicomedes. Each Cardinal is allow'd two Conclavifts, or Servants to
The'others, wherein the Points NN are found, is the attend him, and to be ftiut up with him.
Conchois fecunda ; the right Line BD the Rule, the Point Mathews Taris fays, the Word Conclave antiently fignify'i
C the 'Pole. J ^ e Pope's Wardrobe.
The Inventor alfo contriv'd an Infttument, whereby the 'Tis a popular Proverb in Italy, Chi entra Vafe, efce Car-
firft Conchois may be defcribed mechanically : Thus, in the dinale ; He who enters Pope, comes out Cardinal ; q. d. He
Rule A D (Plate Analyticks, Fig. 2.) is aChannel or Groove who according to common Report will be elecled Pope, or-
cut, fo as a fmooth Nail, firmly fix'd in the moveable Rule dinarily is'not.
C B, in the Point F, may Hide freely within it : Into the CONCLUSION, in Logick, the laft Part of an Argu-
Rulc EG is fix'd another Nail in K, for the moveable ment ; or the Conference drawn from fomething either af-
Rule C B to Hide upon. fumed or proved before.
If then the Rule B C be fo mov'd, as that the Nail F The Conclufion of an Argument contains two Parts; paffes along the Canal AD; the Style, or Point in C, will the Confequent, which is the Matter of it ; and the Confe- defcribe the firft Conchoid. qiience, which is its Form ; and which, of a fimple ablblute Now let AP = .r, (Fig. 1.) AE=<3; PE = MR = # Propofirion, renders the Conclufion relative to the Premifes — x • wherefore, as x increafes, a — x or MR will de- whence it is drawn. See Consequent. creafe: and therefore the Curve continually approaches near- The Queftion, and Conclufion, fay the Schoolmen, are tho er to the Rule B D. fame Ideas, only confider'd in different Views, or Relations : In the fame manner it appears, that the right Line NO In the Qiieftion they are confider'd as doubtful ; in the Con- mull continually decreafe ; and therefore, the fecond Con- clufion as void of doubt.
cboid, alfo, muft continually approach nearer the Rule. Conclusion, in Oratory, confifts of two Parts ; the Re-
Butinafmuch as between each Conchoid and the fight Line capitulation or Enumeration, and the Tafjions. See Rhe-
B D, there willftill be the right Line Q_M or Q_N, equal to torick.
A E ; neither of the Conchoids can concur with the right The Recapitulation confifts in a Repetition of the princi-
LineBD : confequently, B is an Affymptote of each Con- pal Arguments. See Recapitulation ; fee alfo Passion.
cboid. See Assymptote. CONCOCTION, in Medicine, the Change which the
There will be other Kinds of Conchoids produced, if CE : Food undergoes in the Stomach, iSc. to become Chyle. See
CQ. : :Q_M : A E, or indefinitely, if O E"> : C Q^ 1 : : QM»> Chylieication.
- A~E»' ;~wherefore, if CE = i, E A = a, CQ.= *, QM
—y ; then, ab = x y .- and for infinite Conchoids, a™ b m — x"'y'".
CONCINNOUS Intervals, in Mufick. Difcords are dif- tin"uifh'd into Concinnous and Inccncinnous Intervals : The Concinnous are fuch as are fit for Mufick, next to, and in
This Change confifts in deftroying the Texture and Cohe- fion of the Parts of the Food ; preparing part of it for fome particular Service of the animal Frame, and the reft to be carried off as Excrements, by proper Emuncfories. See Food, Excrement, &c.
The Antients save the Term ConccBion, to what we now
Combination with Concords ; being neither very agreeable ordinarily call 2)igefiion ; from a Notion of the Food's be-
nor difagreeable in themfelves ; but having a good Effeft, ing, as it were, boil'd in the Stomach ; and its nutritious
as by their oppofition they heighten the more effential Prin- Juice cxprefs'd by the Heat of the adjacent Parts. See Di-
ci'?les of Pleafure ; or as by their mixture and combination gestion.
with 'em, they produce a Variety neceffary to our being bet- They aflign'd two ConcoBions, viz. one in the Stomach,
ter pleafed. Sec Harmony. and a fecond in the fmall Inteftines, &c. which latter they
The other Difcords, that are never ufed in Mufick, are attributed to the Admixture of the Bile and pancreatick
called Inconcinmus. See Discord. _ Juice.
Syftems are alio divided into Ccncinnous andlnconcinnous. The feveral ConcoBions in the Body, with regard to the
A Syftem is faid to be concinnous, or concinnoujly divided, Propagation of the Species, and the Ptefervation of the In-
when the Parts thereof, confider'd as fimple Intervals, are dividual, have been fince reduced to five; Cbytofts for Chyle,
concinnous ; and are, befides, placed in fuch an Order, be- Chymofis for Chyme, Hematofis for Blood, 'Pneumatojii (or
tween the Extremes, as that the Succeflion of Sounds from Spirits, and Spermatofis for Seed. See Chylosis, Chymo-
one Extreme to the other, may have an agreeable Effefl. sis, Hematosis, cf?c. fee alfo Coction.
See System. CONCOMITANT, in Theology, fomething that accom-
Where the fimple Intervals are inconcinnozis, or ill-dif- panies, or goes along with, another.
pofed between the Extremes, the Syftem is faid to be incon- Concomitant Grace, is that which God affords us during
cinncms. the Courfe of our Actions to enable us to perform 'em ; and
. CLAVE, an Affembly, or Meeting of all the Cat- as the Romifl} Schoolmen fay, to render 'em meritorious.
See Grace,
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