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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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Annus Aniadin

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Annus Aniadin

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At a Glance

The word. A lifespan expression rather than a fixed calendrical year.

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

Historical Definition

Annus Aniadin is a long life.

Meaning

The dictionary explains this expression by duration of life, not by a stated number of days or months. A literal substitution of an ordinary calendar year would therefore miss its supplied sense. The relation to the neighbouring Aniada vocabulary is useful because that entry expressly concerns influences thought to contribute to long life. The connection is thematic; it does not turn Annus Aniadin into the name of a specific medicine or prove the longevity claims associated with the group.

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

Aniaday. An expression for everlasting renewal and the world to come.

Annus Platonicus. A time expression given two very different scales.

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

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

See also. Aniada; Aniaday; Annus Platonicus

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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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