MANUAL  , i.e. belonging to the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand (See also:

• LAT

Lat. mantes), a word chiefly used to describe an occupation which employs the hands,' as opposed to that which chiefly or entirely employs the mind . Particular uses of the word are: " sign-manual, a See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature or autograph, especially one affixed to a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state document; " manual-exercise," in military usage, See also:

• DRILL

drill in the handling of the See also:

• RIFLE

rifle; "manual See also:

• ALPHABET (see also WRITING)

alphabet," the formation of the letters of the alphabet by the fingers of one or both hands for communication with the See also:

• DEAF

deaf and dumb; and " manual acts," the breaking of the See also:

• BREAD

bread, and the taking of the See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup in the hands by the officiating See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest in consecrating the elements during the celebration of the See also:

• EUCHARIST (Gr. evXapurria, thanksgiving)

Eucharist . The use of the word for tools and implements to be used by. the hand, as, distinct from machinery, only survives in the " manual See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine." From the See also:

• LATE

late Latin use of manuale as a substantive, meaning " handbook," conies the use of the word for a See also:

• BOOK

book treating a subject in a concise way, but more particularly of a book of offices, containing the forms to be used in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the sacraments other than the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass, but including communion out of the Mass, also the forms for churching, burials, &c . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church such a book is usually called a rituale, " manual " being the name given to it in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Church before the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . The See also:

• KEYBOARD, or MANUAL (Fr. clavier; Ger. Klaviatur; Ital. tastatura)

keyboard of an See also:

• ORGAN

organ, as played by the hands, is called the " manual," in distinction from the " pedal " keys played by the feet .