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1. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
2. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
3. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
4. abbas, n. View full entry 1550
...A religious or spiritual leader; spec. an abbot. Chiefly as a title of respect....
5. abbé, n.1 View full entry 1530
...In France or French contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor,...
6. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....
7. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
8. Abelite, n. View full entry 1587
...A member of a small religious sect in North Africa, active in the 4th cent., for whom, according to St. Augustine, marriage was compulsory but its consummation forbidden, after the supposed example...
9. Abelonian, n. View full entry 1572
...= Abelite...
10. Abib, n. View full entry 1531
...In the ancient Hebrew calendar: the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh of the civil year, corresponding to the latter part of March and the early part of April....
11. abracadabra, n. and int. View full entry 1565
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abracadabra’, supposed to act as a charm against illness, evil, etc., or (in later use esp.) to assist in the performance of magic; a...
12. abrenunciation, n. View full entry 1557
...Repudiation, rejection, esp. of the Devil; recantation, retraction; an instance of this....
13. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
14. † absolvant, n. View full entry 1502
...A person who absolves someone....
15. absolver, n. View full entry 1582
...A person who absolves someone or something (in various senses of the verb); esp. a priest or minister....
16. abthane, n. View full entry a1525
...A senior thane (thane4)....
17. † Abyssin, n. and adj. View full entry a1576
...A member of the Abyssinian (now the Ethiopian) Orthodox Church....
18. Acacian, n. and adj. View full entry 1577
...A follower of the Arian Christological doctrines of Acacius, a 4th-cent. bishop of Caesarea....
19. acanonical, adj. View full entry 1592
...Not included in a canon, spec. the biblical canon; uncanonical....
20. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
