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1. abolitionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1791
...spec....
2. absolutism, n. View full entry 1753
...Theol. The doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty, esp. that salvation is preordained absolutely; the doctrine of predestination....
3. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...Polit. A supporter or advocate of absolute government. Also: a person who rules or governs absolutely....
4. accountability, n. View full entry 1750
...The quality of being accountable; liability to account for and answer for one's conduct, performance of duties, etc. (in modern use often with regard to parliamentary, corporate, or financial liability to the...
5. † adlegation, n. View full entry 1753
...In the Holy Roman Empire: the action of nominating delegates or ambassadors representing a particular state, to be associated with those of the emperor in treaties and negotiations relating to the public...
6. agrarianism, n. View full entry 1796
...The theory, advocacy, or practice of equal division of land; (belief in) the redistribution of landed property, or reform of the conditions of tenure of land....
7. alignment, n. View full entry 1742
...The result of arranging in or along a line, or into appropriate relative positions; the layout or orientation of a thing or things disposed in this way. Also: a group of things...
8. Althing, n. View full entry 1770
...The parliament of Iceland....
9. ambassadorial, adj. View full entry 1759
...Of or pertaining to an ambassador....
10. amphictyonian, adj. View full entry 1711
...= amphictyonic...
11. amphictyonic, adj. View full entry 1753
...Of the Amphictyons; also transf....
12. ˈannist, n. View full entry 1730
...A partisan of Queen Anne....
13. anti-ˈfederal, adj. and n. View full entry 1788
...Of, relating to, or characterized by opposition to federalism in the early years of American independence....
14. † antimoˈnarchial, adj. View full entry 1710
...= antimonarchical...
15. antipoˈlitical, adj. View full entry 1791
...Opposed to sound political principles; impolitic....
16. antiˈsocialist, n. View full entry 1775
...One opposed to sociality. rare....
17. aspheterism, n. View full entry 1794
...The doctrine that there ought to be no private property; communism....
18. asˈpheterize, v. View full entry 1794
...To practise aspheterism....
19. assientist, n. View full entry 1713
...One of the parties to an Assiento contract; a shareholder in an Assiento company....
20. assiento | asiento, n. View full entry 1714
...‘A contract, or conuention between the king of Spain and other powers, for furnishing the Spanish dominions in America with negro slaves’ (Johnson). spec. That made between Great Britain and...
