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1. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
2. abdest, n. View full entry 1667
...The ritual washing of parts of the body before prayer or handling the Qur'an; = woodoo Also: the water used in this washing....
3. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
4. Abelian, n. View full entry ?1609
...= Abelite...
5. abnet, n. View full entry 1602
...Jewish Hist. A girdle made of fine linen, used esp. by Jewish priests....
6. Abrahamic, adj. View full entry 1699
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the biblical patriarch Abraham; (also) of, relating to, or belonging to the group of religions comprising Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which trace their origin to Abraham....
7. absolutory, adj. View full entry 1611
...That absolves or acquits a person or thing; that grants absolution; of or relating to absolution....
8. absolvable, adj. View full entry 1680
...Capable of being absolved; deserving absolution or acquittal....
9. absolvent, n. and adj. View full entry 1651
...A person who or thing which absolves (in various senses)....
10. Abuna, n. View full entry 1600
...(The title of) the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church....
11. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
12. Acephalian, n. and adj. View full entry a1603
...A member of a group of extreme Monophysites who seceded from the main body in the 5th cent., acknowledging no leaders and rejecting episcopal control. Cf. acephali2a....
13. † a-Christism, n. View full entry 1692
...Disbelief in the divinity of Jesus Christ....
14. adept, n. View full entry 1673
...Originally: a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult...
15. adeptical, adj. View full entry 1662
...Of or relating to the work of adepts (adept1), esp. alchemists....
16. adeptist, n. View full entry 1662
...A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, esp. a skilled alchemist. Cf. adept1, adeptus...
17. ad extra, adv. and adj. View full entry 1606
...With effect or result in the outside world (as opposed to one's own mind, self, etc.); in the world at large; externally, perceivably; esp. (Theol.) with reference to...
18. † adgeniculation, n. View full entry 1637
...The action of kneeling towards the altar as a gesture of reverence....
19. adiabolist, n. View full entry 1646
...A person who does not believe in the existence of the Devil (or a devil)....
20. adiaphorism, n. View full entry 1607
...Adiaphoristic beliefs or principles; latitude or indifference in religious matters; indifferentism, latitudinarianism; an instance of this....