• IPA: /ænəˈfɔɹə/, /ənˈæfəɹə/

anaphora (plural anaphoras)

1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511 ↗, page 73 ↗:

     Anaphora elegantly begins
     With the same word or phrase successive lines.]

   Antonyms: epiphora, epistrophe

2. (linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
3. (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.

   Hypernyms: endophora

   Coordinate terms: cataphora#English|cataphora, exophora#English|exophora, homophora#English|homophora

4. (Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ

• French: anaphore
• German: Anapher
• Italian: anafora
• Portuguese: anáfora
• Russian: ана́фора
• Spanish: anáfora

• French: anaphore
• German: Anapher
• Italian: anafora
• Portuguese: anáfora
• Russian: ана́фора
• Spanish: anáfora

1. plural form of anaphor