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1. abaton, n. View full entry 1829
...A place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary....
2. abbeyed, adj. View full entry 1828
...Provided with an abbey or abbeys....
3. ablegate, n. View full entry 1817
...An envoy of the Holy See who brings the insignia of office to a newly appointed cardinal....
4. absolutization, n. View full entry 1863
...The action or an act of making something absolute....
5. abthanage, n. View full entry 1862
...= abthanery...
6. acosmic, adj. View full entry 1857
...Not of the universe or cosmos; of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism (acosmism)....
7. acosmical, adj. View full entry 1843
...Of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism (acosmism)....
8. acosmism, n. View full entry 1833
...The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from God....
9. acosmist, n. View full entry 1845
...A person who believes in or advocates acosmism....
10. Adamitism, n. View full entry 1805
...Nakedness; spec. the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity. Cf. Adamite1a....
11. adeptship, n. View full entry 1816
...The condition or status of an adept, esp. an expert in magical or occult practices; the fact of being very skilled or proficient at something....
12. adevism, n. View full entry 1878
...Disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology....
13. Adi Granth, n. View full entry 1812
...The sacred scripture of the Sikhs; spec. the teachings and religious poetry of the first five Sikh Gurus, compiled in the early 17th cent. Cf. Granth, Guru...
14. ad limina, adv. and adj. View full entry 1864
...= ad limina apostolorum...
15. Adoptionism, n. View full entry 1833
...A Christological theory which states that Jesus Christ is the son of God only by adoption, and is not coeternal with the Father. Also called dynamic monarchianism. Cf. Monarchianism...
16. Adoptionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1802
...A member of any sect or group maintaining Jesus Christ is God's son by adoption only; a person who professes Adoptionism. Cf. Monarchian...
17. adoratory, n. View full entry 1800
...A place of worship; spec. (in a non-Christian context) one used by the indigenous peoples of Central and South America....
18. Advaita, n. View full entry 1825
...A school of Vedantic philosophy which explains all creation as a manifestation of Brahman and teaches that enlightenment is to be obtained from the recognition that differentiation between the self and Brahman...
19. Adventism, n. View full entry 1842
...The principles or beliefs of Adventists (see Adventist). Also more fully Second Adventism....
20. Adventist, n. View full entry 1843
...A member of any of various Christian sects emphasizing belief in the imminent Second Coming of Christ; spec. a follower of William Miller (17821849), who predicted that...
