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1. abbate, n. View full entry 1751
...In Italy and Italian 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,...
2. abrasax, n. View full entry 1737
...An instance or utterance of the cabbalistic word ‘abrasax’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm. Freq. attrib., esp. with reference to inscribing such a charm on a...
3. abraxas, n. View full entry 1713
...An instance or utterance of the magical word ‘abraxas’, supposed (esp. in Gnosticism) to act as a charm; a gem, amulet, etc., inscribed with this word or other cabbalistic signs. Cf. ...
4. absolutism, n. View full entry 1753
...Theol. The doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty, esp. that salvation is preordained absolutely; the doctrine of predestination....
5. abthanery, n. View full entry 1796
...An abbacy; the territory and jurisdiction of an abbot; the secular jurisdiction of what were previously abbatial lands. Also: the jurisdiction of an abthane1....
6. acatholic, n. and adj. View full entry 1745
...= non-Catholic; esp. a non-Catholic inhabitant of a Catholic state....
7. accessit, n. View full entry 1753
...In France: an honourable mention in an examination or competition. Also with preceding ordinal number denoting position in a series of such acknowledgements. Cf. proxime accessit...
8. Acephalite, n. View full entry 1728
...= Acephalian...
9. adat, n. View full entry 1783
...In the Islamic regions of South-East Asia: custom, accepted practice; (also) customary law....
10. † adessenarian, n. View full entry 1744
...A person who believes in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but does not explain the presence by transubstantiation....
11. adhan, n. View full entry 1794
...The call to prayer intoned or proclaimed by the muezzin from the minaret or roof of a mosque at prescribed times of the day....
12. Adonist, n. View full entry 1753
...A person who maintains that the vowel points given to the Tetragrammaton YHWH in the Hebrew Scriptures indicate that it should be substituted by the name ‘Adonai’ (Adonai)...
13. aerialist, n. View full entry 1778
...An excessively bookish or intellectual person. Obs.nonce-use....
14. Aesir, n. View full entry 1782
...A group of gods, including Odin and Thor, often associated with war and the sky and contrasted with the Vanir. Also (more generally): the Norse gods collectively. Cf. Vanir...
15. afrit, n. View full entry a1712
...In Arabian and Muslim mythology: a powerful jinn or demon. Also in extended use....
16. agathodemon, n. View full entry 1738
...A beneficent spirit or divinity, esp. one manifested or depicted as a serpent or dragon. Also in extended use....
17. aggrave, n. View full entry 1725
...= aggravation2....
18. Agnoetism, n. View full entry 1753
...The (heretical) doctrine of the Agnoetes that Christ shared limited knowledge with humans, and was not omniscient; belief in this. Cf. Agnoetes...
19. akasha, n. View full entry 1768
...In Indian philosophy: space, ether. Also in theosophical and other New Age contexts....
20. akhund, n. View full entry 1712
...Esp. in Iran (formerly Persia), Pakistan, and Afghanistan: a religious leader, teacher, or scholar. Also as a title. Cf. mujtahid...
