in ecclesiastical writers, denotes the veil or curtain which was drawn before the door of the *bema* in ancient churches.

AMPHILOCHIA, in Ancient Geography, the territory of the city of Argos in Arcadia: *Amphilocheium*, (Thucydides); called *Amphilochei* (from the people), in the lower age, (Stephanus.) A town also of Spain, in Galicia, built by Teucer, and denominated