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1. abye, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theol.: to redeem,...
2. accurse, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. = curse (in various senses)....
3. accursedness, n. View full entry 1549
...The quality or state of being accursed; wretchedness....
4. advocatrix, n. View full entry c1390
...A female advocate; spec. (Christian Church) the Virgin Mary (cf. advocate1)....
5. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
6. after-mass, n. and adj. View full entry c1440
...A service held following a mass....
7. again-buyer, n. View full entry c1350
...A redeemer....
8. agreed, adj. View full entry 1409
...Of two or more parties: that are at one on a particular matter; being in agreement; holding the same view or opinion (about, †in, †of, ...
9. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
10. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
11. All-Father, n. View full entry ?1790
...Chiefly with the. The father of all, the universal father; a name given to various supreme gods, esp. when considered as creator or progenitor of the human race, spec....
12. alms, n. View full entry eOE
...Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, usu. (now only) in the form of material gifts, typically of money or food; (in later use esp.) the goods given in...
13. altar, n. View full entry eOE
...A block, table, stand, or other raised structure with a flat top used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a god or gods....
14. ampul, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A small bottle or flask; a phial. Obs. in general sense....
15. Anabaptist, n. View full entry 1532
...lit. One who baptizes over again, whether frequently as a point of ritual, or once as a due performance of what has been ineffectually performed previously. Hence:...
16. Anabaptistic, adj. View full entry 1651
...Of Anabaptists; = Anabaptist4....
17. † ˈanchoritess, n. View full entry 1655
...A rare fem. of anchorite; = anchoress...
18. ancient, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1366
...Of or belonging to time past, former, earlier, bygone. arch., exc. when approaching sense A. 2....
19. anele, v. View full entry 1303
...To anoint (chiefly as a religious rite)....
20. aˈneling, n. View full entry 1303
...The action of anointing, usually as a religious rite; unction; and spec. the last anointing or extreme unction of the dying....
