T-head 
endwise through a hole, riiifr, or link and then 
turning it into a poHition which prevents its 
withdrawal. 2. Aslmrl liar welded <>r riveted 
to the end of another bar at a right unglo, as in 
a form of anchor for masonry. 
theandric (the-an'drik), ii. [< <ir. tovdpwrff, 
bring tioth God anil mail. < " , god, + nvi/p 
(viip-), man.] Uelatiiifj to or existing by the 
union of the divine and human natures, or by 
the joint agency of the divine and human na- 
tures: as, tlio /Imnii/i'if operation (the harmoni- 
ous eoiipenition of the two natures in Christ). 
theanthropic (thi-an-throp'ik), u. [< tin-nii- 
tlin>i>-i/ + -ic.] Both di vino and human; being 
or pertaining to the (iod-nmn. 
The written word of God, like Christ, the personal Word, 
la thfanthropic in uriu'in, nature, and aim, and can only foe 
fully understood und appreciated under this twofold char- 
acter. Seha/, Christ and Christianity, p. 11. 
theanthropical (the-an-throp'i-kal), a. [< tlic- 
<i n Hi route + -/.] Same as MMMMTOpfo. 
theantnropism (the-an'thro-pizm), . [< tlmni- 
tlir<i/i-ii + -I.V/H.] l'. The union or combination 
of the divine and human natures; also, belief 
in such a union or combination. [Bare.] 2. 
The deification of man, or the humanizing of 
divinity. [Rare.] 
The anthropomorphism, or theanlhropitm, as I would 
rather call ft, of the Olympian system. Gladstone. 
theanthropist (the-an'thro-pist), . [< thean- 
throp-y + -ist.~\ One who advocates the doc- 
trine of theanthropism. [Rare.] 
theanthropophagyt (the-an-thro-pof'a-ji). " 
[< Gr. Oedvttpuxos, the god-man (see Misanthropy), 
+ tyayuv, eat.] See the quotation. 
Cardinal Perron . . . says that they [the primitive 
Christians] deny anthropophagy, out did not deny thean- 
thropophaay saying, " that they did not eat the flesh, nor 
drink the blood of a mere man, but of Christ, who was God 
and man " : which is so strange a device, as I wonder it 
could drop from the pen of so great a wit 
Jer. Taylor, Real Presence, xii. f 14. 
theanthropy (the-an'thro-pi), n. [< F. thean- 
thropie, < Gr. OeavS/tuiria, (. Sfavfipwrof, the god- 
man, < 0tof, god, + avSpunos, man.] Same as the- 
anthropism. 1. 
thearchic (the-iir'kik), a. [< thearch-y + -ic.] 
Divinely sovereign or supreme, 
thearchy (the'Sr-ki), i. ;.pl. thearchics (-kiz). 
[< Gr. Oeapxia, the supreme deity, prop, rule of 
God, < 6e6f, god, + apxetv, rule.] 1. Govern- 
ment by God; also, theocracy. 2. A body of 
divine rulers ; an order or system of deities. 
Rank of Athene In the Olympian Thearchy. 
Gladstone, Nineteenth Century, XXII. 79. 
The attributions assigned to the head of the Thearchy. 
Contemporary Jiev., LIII. 183. 
theater, theatre (the'a-ter), n. [Early mod. 
E. reg. theater, sometimes theatre; < ME. the- 
atre, < OF. theatre, F. thtdtre = Sp. It. teatro 
= Pg. theatro = Q. Dan. theater = Sw. teater, < 
L. theatrum, < Gr. Bearpov, a place for seeing 
shows, a theater, < Btdauai, view, behold, < 6ta, 
a view, sight. Cf. amphitheater. The proper 
modern spelling is theater (as in amphitheater, 
diameter, etc.); it so appearsin Cotgrave (1611), 
Minsheu (1617, 1625), Sherwood (1632), Bullokar 
(1641), Cockeram (1642), Blount (1670), Holyoke 
(1677), Hexhain (1678), etc. The spelling thea- 
tre appears to have obtained currency in the 
latter part of the 17th century and since (Coles, 
1708, Johnson, 1755; both theater and theatre 
in Bailey, 1727, etc.), owing to the constant 
and direct association of the word with the 
modern F. theatre (itself a false form in respect 
to accent).] 1. A building appropriated to 
the representation of dramatic spectacles ; a 
play-house. Among the Greeks and Romans theaters 
were among the most important and the largest public 
edifices, very commonly having accommodation for from 
10,000 to 40,000 spectators. The Greek and Roman theaters 
resembled each other in their general distribution, the 
Roman theater being developed from the Greek with 
the modifications, particularly about the orchestra and 
the stage, due to the difference from the Greek of Roman 
dramatic ideals. The auditorium, including the orchestra, 
was commonly in general plan a segment of a circle, usu- 
ally a half-circle in Roman examples, greater than a half- 
circle in Greek, and was not, unless very exceptionally, 
covered by a roof or awning. It was termed cawa by the 
Romans and or*oi' by the Greeks. The seats were all 
concentric with the orchestra, and were intersected by 
diverging ascents or nights of steps, which divided the 
auditorium intnweilire-shaped compart mt'iits(rni, K*PI'- 
oes), and :dso by one longitudinal passage or more (see dia- 
zmno). The stage of the Roman theater formed the chord 
of the segment, and was called the scena {ax-ijv^\ The 
Greek theater of the great dramatic period in the fifth 
rentiiry n. r. h:ul no stage, tile action taking place iti the 
orchestra, or space below the seats, in which actors and 
chorus figured together, the orchestra proper being a cir- 
cle in the center of which stood the ttiinnele, or altar of 
Dionysus. The Romans appropriated the orchestra for 
the seats of the senators. The later Greek theaters had 
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stages, at first wholly beymd the eiivlr nf ll rdiestra; 
lint miii'-r the K-'inan iloinin:itin in lireece the stage of 
nearly all the (ireek theaters was moved forward until 
at last it occupied the position adopted by the Romans 
Interior of Roman Theater of A&pendos. Asia Minor. 
themselves. Besides these essential part* there were the 
Aoytior, proscenium, or pulpitum. the stage proper, and 
the postscenium, or structure behind the stage, in which 
parts the Greek and Roman theaters differed consider- 
ably. Almost all surviving Greek theaters were profound- 
ly modified tn Roman times, but the original disposition 
can still be followed in several, as those of Epidaurus and 
Sicyon. Scenery, In the modern sense of the word, was 
little employed, but the stage machinery became elaborate 
with the advance of time. In the early days of the mod- 
ern theater the buildings were only partially roofed, and 
the stage but scantily it at all provided with scenery. The 
Interior of the theaters of the present day is usually con- 
structed on a horseshoe or semicircular plan, with several 
tiers of galleries round the walls. The stage has a slight 
downward slope from the back, and is furnished with mov- 
able scenes, which give an afr of reality to the spectacle 
which was unsought in the ancient theater. See box-, cur- 
tain, orchestra, parquet, pit, postscenium, proscenium, scene, 
stage, stall*, thymete. 
As for their theairr* In halfe circle, they came to be by 
the great magnificence of the Romain princes and people 
somptuously built with marble & square stone in forme 
all round, A were called Ampitheaters, wherof as yet ap- 
pears one amog the anciet rulnes of Rome. 
Pvttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 29. 
The world by some, A that not much amisse, 
Vnto a Theater compared Is, 
Vpon which stage the goddes spectatours sitt, 
And mortals act their partes as best doth fltt. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. 8.), p. W8. 
As In a theater the eyes of men, 
After a well grac'd Actor leaues the Stage, 
Are Idely bent on him that enters next 
Shot., Rich. II. (fol. 1623X v. 2. 
Sceaw-stow. A Theater, a Shew-place, a beholding-place. 
Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (ed. 1628), 
|p. 231. 
2. A room, hall, or other place, with a plat- 
form at one end, and ranks of seats rising step- 
wise as the tiers recede from the center, or 
otherwise so arranged that a body of spectators 
can have an unobstructed view of the platform. 
Places of this description are constructed for public lec- 
tures, academic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, 
surgical operations before a class, etc. : as, an operating 
theater. 
Stately theatres, 
Bench'd crescent-wise. In each we sat, we heard 
The grave Professor. Tennyson, Princess, IL 
3. A place rising by steps or gradations like the 
seats of a theater. 
Shade above shade, a woodic Theatre 
Of stateliest view. 
Milton, P. I.. (1st ed.), IT. 141. 
Helps the ambitious hill the heavens to scale, 
Or scoops in circling theatres the vale. 
Pope, Moral Essays, iv. 60. 
4. A place of action or exhibition ; a field of 
operations ; the locality or scene where a se- 
ries of events takes place or may be observed ; 
scene; seat: as, the theater of war. 
Men must know that In this theatre of man's life it is 
reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 
This City was for a long time the Theatre of Contention 
between the Christians and Infidels. 
MaundreU, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 54. 
5. The drama ; the mass of dramatic literature ; 
also, theatrical representation; the stage: as, 
a history of the French theater. 
But now our British theatre can boast 
Drolls of all kinds, a vast unthinking host ! 
Addison, Prol. to Steele's Tender Husband. 
6. An amphitheater; hence, a circular reser- 
voir or receptacle ; a basin. [Rare.] 
A cascade . . . precipitating Into a large theatre of 
water. Evelyn, Diary, May 5, 1745. 
Patent theater, in England, a theater, as the Covent 
Garden and Drury Lane theaters, established by letters 
patent from the crown. Doran, Annals of the Stage, I. 387. 
theater-goer (the'a-ter-go'er), n. One who 
frequents theaters. 
theater-going (the'a-ter-gd'ing), . The prac- 
tice of frequenting theaters. 
theateriant, [< theuttr + -inn.'] An actor. 
[Rare.] 
theatricalness 
(Players 1 meane) Theateriant, pom-h-mouth Stage- 
walkers. ueJcker, Satiromastix. 
theater-party (the'&-t_er-par'ti;. /'. An .-nt.] 
tainment where the invited guests first .line and 
then ir<> in a party to a theater, or o tirst to a 
theater and afterward to supper. [I'. S.J 
A little dinner at the Cafd Anglais or at tho Bristol 
Restaurant, with a box to follow at the Krancals or the 
Criterion, doubtless Is a good kind of a thing enough in 
its way, but is a mere colorless adumbration of a New 
York theatre-party. 
Arch. Foroes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 160. 
theater-seat (the'a-ter-set), . An ordinary 
double car-seat having two separate seat-bot- 
toms. Cur-Builder's Diet. 
Theatin, Theatine (the'a-tin), n. and n. [< F. 
Th<'-atin,< XL. Thentinns,'< L. Theatf(It.Chieti), 
a place in Naples.] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
the Theatins. 
II. n. One of a monastic order of regular 
clerks founded at Rome in 1524, principally by 
the archbishop of Chieti in Italy, with the pur- 
pose of combatingthe Reformation. Besides tak- 
ing the usual monastic vows, the Theatins bound them- 
selves to abstain from the possession of property and from 
soliciting alms, and to trust wholly to Providence for sup- 
port expecting, however, that this support would be de- 
rived*from the voluntary contributions of the charitable. 
Then- were also Theatin nuns. The order flourished to 
some extent in Spain, Bavaria, and Poland, but its influ- 
ence Is now confined chiefly to Italy. Also TeaXn. 
theatralt (the'a-tral), a. [= F. thedtral = Sp. 
teatral = Pg. theatral = It. leatrale, < L. thta- 
tralis, of or pertaining to a theater, < theatrum, 
a theater: see theater.'] Of or pertaining to a 
theater. Blount. 1670. 
theatric (the-afrik), a. [< LL. theatricun, < 
Gr. deaTpuiuf, '< dtaTpav, a theater: see theater.] 
Same as theatrical. 
Therefore avaunt all attitude, and stare, 
And start theatric, practis'd at the glass ! 
Cowper, Task, ii. 431. 
It is quite clear why the Italians have no word but recj- 
tare to express acting, for their stage is no more theatric 
than their street. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 260. 
theatrical (the-at'ri-kal), a. and n. [< theatric 
+ -al.~] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to a theater or 
scenic representations; resembling the manner 
of dramatic performers: as, theatrical perform- 
ances; theatrical gestures. 
Sheridan's art, from its very beginning, was theatrical, 
if we may use the word, rather than dramatic. 
Mr.'. Oliphant, Sheridan, p. 54. 
2. Calculated for display ; extravagant; showy; 
pretentious: as, a theatrical flourish. 
Dressed in ridiculous and theatrical costumes. 
Fortnightly Ret., N. 8., XLIII. 8. 
3. Artificial; affected; assumed. 
How far the character in which he (Byron) exhibited 
himself was genuine, and how far theatrical, it would 
probably have puzzled himself to say. 
Macaulay, Moore's Byron. 
Theatrical perspective, the doctrine of the Imitation 
of effects of distance by means of stage scenery; espe- 
cially, the geometrical theory of such scenery. 
II. n. 1 . pi. All that pertains to a dramatic 
performance; also, a dramatic performance 
itself: applied usually to amateur perform- 
ances: as, to engage in private theatricals (a 
dramatic performance in a private house). 
In a general light, private theatricals are open to some 
objection. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, xlll. 
2. A professional actor. 
The next morning we learned from the maid that Mac- 
beth's blasted heath was but a few miles from Nairn ; all 
the theatricals went there, she said. 
Harper's Mag., L-XXVII. 945. 
theatricalise, <' t. See theatric<ili:r. 
theatricalism (the-at'ri-kal-izm), n. [< theat- 
rical + -wm.] 1. The theory and methods of 
scenic representations. 2. Stagiuess; artifi- 
cial manner. 
theatricality (the-at-ri-karj-ti), n. [< theatri- 
cal + -ity.] The state or character of being 
theatrical; theatrical appearance; histrionism. 
The very defect* of the picture, its exaggeration, its 
theatricality, were especially calculated to catch the eye 
of a boy. Kingsley, Alton Locke, vi. 
theatricalize (the-at'ri-kal-iz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. theatricalized, ^ ppr. theatricalizing. [< the- 
atrical + -irr.] To render theatrical; put in 
dramatic form; dramatize. Also spelled the- 
I think I shall occasionally theatricalize my dialogues. 
Mme. D'Arblay, Diary, I. 63. 
theatrically (the-at'ri-kal-i\ adv. In a theat- 
rical manner; in a manner befitting the stage. 
Dauntless her look, her gesture proud, 
Her voice theatrically loud, 
And masculine her stride. 
Pope, Imit. of Earl of Dorset, Artemisia. 
theatricalness (the-at'ri-kal-nes), n. Theat- 
ricality. 
