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1. agility, n. View full entry a1425
...Theol. The ability to move quickly from place to place and to levitate, one of the four endowments of the glorified human body (regarded also as an attribute of Jesus). ...
2. altarage, n. View full entry ?c1430
...The revenue arising from an altar in the form of oblations, offerings, etc.; the right to collect and retain this as income. Also as a count noun (chiefly in pl.):...
3. antiphoner, n. View full entry c1370
...= antiphonary...
4. † apoˈstaile, n. View full entry c1380
...prop. Apostolic; but in quot. treated (through imperfect translation) as quasi- The apostolic see....
5. apostasy, n. View full entry c1380
...Abandonment or renunciation of one's religious faith or moral allegiance....
6. appropriation, n. View full entry c1370
...The making of a thing private property, whether another's or (as now commonly) one's own; taking as one's own or to one's own use; concr. the thing so appropriated or...
7. † aˈppropring, n. View full entry c1380
...Appropriation....
8. † assoiling, n. View full entry c1380
...The action of absolving, absolution....
9. Austin, adj. and n. View full entry c1384
...= Augustinian...
10. begging, n. View full entry c1380
...The action or habit of asking earnestly; spec. of asking alms....
11. believer, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Theol. A person who believes in a god or the doctrines of a religion; esp. a Christian. Sometimes: spec. a member, esp. a fellow member,...
12. benefice, v. View full entry c1383
...trans. To endow or invest with a benefice or church living....
13. benet, n. View full entry c1383
...The third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was the exorcizing of evil spirits....
14. † blaspheme, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1382
...Blasphemous....
15. † blasphemy, adj. View full entry c1384
...Blasphemous....
16. borrowing, n.1 View full entry c1380
...The action of the verb borrow (senses 1, 2); taking on loan, taking at second-hand, etc.; also concr., that which is borrowed....
17. Cain, n.2 View full entry c1380
...The proper name of the first fratricide and murderer (Gen. iv.), used descriptively....
18. canonization, n. View full entry c1380
...The action of canonizing; esp. formal admission into the calendar of saints....
19. canonize, v. View full entry c1380
...trans. To place in the canon or calendar of the saints, according to the rules and with the ceremonies observed by the Church....
20. captain, n. View full entry c1380
...One who stands at the head of others and leads them, or exercises authority over them; a headman, chief, or leader. Now only as fig. use of special senses....
