Definition of "athanor" []

• A furnace or stove, designed and to maintain uniform heat. Primarily used by alchemists (noun)

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• "These are the athanor -- immortal but not invincible -- and many dream of the day they can live openly."
• "None of us would have admitted that we believed in stone or elixir, the old Oxfordshire clergyman excited no belief, yet one among us certainly laboured with crucible or athanor."
• "Alchemy contributed to this appraisal of the vital cycle that was thought to be realized in the alchemist's oven (athanor); and the incorruptible nature of the starry world lost its prestige."