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1. abaton, n. View full entry 1829
...A place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary....
2. † acceptilate, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To discharge (a debt) by an acquittance without payment. Cf. acceptilation...
3. † acratism, n. View full entry 1804
...In ancient Greek contexts: a breakfast of bread dipped in wine....
4. acrolith, n. View full entry 1847
...In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood....
5. † addicent, n. View full entry 1880
...A person who hands over (a thing or a person) in accordance with a judicial decision (see addict1)....
6. † adjectician, adj. View full entry 1880
...Designating a legal action against a paterfamilias concerning a debt incurred by a third party for whom he is responsible, such as a slave or member of his household (see quot.)....
7. adlection, n. View full entry 1893
...Appointment, by nomination rather than election, to a governing body (esp. the Senate), or to a position of higher status....
8. adrogated, adj. View full entry 1812
...Of a person: adopted when not subject to the legal power of another. Also in postpositive use. Cf. sui jurisa....
9. adrogating, adj. View full entry 1880
...That adrogates....
10. adrogator, n. View full entry 1854
...A person who adrogates. Cf. arrogator1....
11. adstipulate, v. View full entry 1870
...intr. To acts as an adstipulator (adstipulator) in a contract or bargain. Cf. stipulate1....
12. aerarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...A Roman citizen of the lowest, unenfranchised class, who paid only a poll tax. Obs....
13. agma, n. View full entry 1890
...The velar nasal consonant represented by /ŋ/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet, originally as it occurred in ancient Greek when the letter γ preceded another γ, κ, χ, or a nasal consonant;...
14. Akkadian, adj. and n. View full entry 1856
...Of or relating to a non-Semitic people inhabiting the southern part of south Mesopotamia in the third millennium b.c., now identified as the Sumerians. Also: of or relating to this...
15. alabastron, n. View full entry 1816
...A vessel for holding perfume, unguents, or ointments; = alabastrum1, alabaster2....
16. alette, n. View full entry 1810
...In classical architecture: each of the parts of a pier (pier2a) visible between engaged columns or pilasters, typically forming the abutment of an arch. Formerly also: †a piedroit; †a...
17. allée couverte, n. View full entry 1870
...A type of tunnel-shaped Neolithic tomb, typically comprising a long rectangular chamber, found esp. in central and northern France; = gallery gravegallery2....
18. allod, n. View full entry 1836
...Land held by allodial tenure (see allodial1); tenure of, or title to, such land. In later use freq. as in allod....
19. allodification, n. View full entry 1829
...The conversion of land to allodial (as opposed to feudal) status....
20. Amarna, n. View full entry 1888
...In full Tell el-Amarna, the modern name of Akhetaten, the site of a city in ancient Egypt built by Amenophis IV in the 14th century b.c. on the...
