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1. abacus, n. View full entry a1387
...A board or tray strewn with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and erased. Cf. sandboard1, sand-table(a)sand2a. Now rare...
2. abaton, n. View full entry 1829
...A place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary....
3. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
4. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
5. abolla, n. View full entry 1700
...In the ancient Roman world: a kind of thick cloak, worn by peasants, soldiers, and others (and, as an affectation, by philosophers)....
6. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
7. Acarnanian, n. and adj. View full entry 1550
...A native or inhabitant of Acarnania, an ancient region of north-west Greece bordering the Ionian Sea....
8. † acceptilate, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To discharge (a debt) by an acquittance without payment. Cf. acceptilation...
9. acceptilation, n. View full entry c1538
...Release from a debt by an acquittance without payment; an instance of this. Formerly also fig.: †free remission of sins (obs.)....
10. accusative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
11. acetable, n. View full entry c1429
...Roman Hist. = acetabulum1....
12. acetabulum, n. View full entry a1398
...Roman Hist.A cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table.A measure of capacity for liquids and dry granular substances, equal to one-eighth of a sextary (sextary...
13. Achaean, n. and adj. View full entry 1550
...A native or inhabitant of Achaea, a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese....
14. Achaemenian, adj. and n. View full entry 1661
...= Achaemenid...
15. Achaemenid, n. and adj. View full entry 1601
...A member of the dynasty that ruled in ancient Persia from the time of Cyrus the Great (d. 529 b.c.) until the death of Darius III (330 b.c.)....
16. acies, n. View full entry 1628
...Roman Hist. A battle line in a military formation. rare....
17. acinaces, n. View full entry 1653
...A kind of straight Persian short sword....
18. † acratism, n. View full entry 1804
...In ancient Greek contexts: a breakfast of bread dipped in wine....
19. acroasis, n. View full entry 1623
...An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read....
20. 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....
