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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Aniaday

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An expression for everlasting renewal and the world to come.

In the book. The neighbouring Aniada and Aniadum entries explicitly connect heavenly gifts with Christian language.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332.

Historical Definition

Aniaday means an eternal spring, a new world to come, or paradise.

Meaning

The three explanations belong together as images or names of an enduring, future condition. “Spring” is qualified by eternity rather than defined as an ordinary season in the calendar. The reference to a new world to come also gives the expression a prospective direction. It would be misleading to turn this brief entry into a formula for a physical spring or a measured period.

Use in the Book

The neighbouring Aniada and Aniadum entries explicitly connect heavenly gifts with Christian language. They offer a context for reading this cluster while leaving Aniaday’s own threefold definition intact.

Places to Read

Aniada. A term linking heavenly gifts, Christian sacraments and life-preserving celestial influence.

Aniadum. The inward celestial or regenerated person described in sacramental terms.

Annus Aniadin. A lifespan expression rather than a fixed calendrical year.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Aniaday ; compare Aniada, Aniadum, Annus Aniadin

See also. Aniada; Aniadum; Annus Aniadin

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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