the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses or sentences [n ANAPHORAS] : ANAPHORAL [adj], ANAPHORIC [adj]
a. the prayer of oblation and consecration in the Divine Liturgy during which the Eucharistic elements are offered b. the part of the ceremony during which the Eucharistic elements are offered as an oblation
repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
the use of a word as a regular grammatical substitute for a preceding word or group of words, as the use of it and do in I know it and he does too