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1. adultery, n. View full entry 1357
...Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another who is not his or her spouse, regarded as a violation of the marriage vows and hence as a sin or crime; the...
2. advocacy, n. View full entry c1390
...The office, position, or function of an advocate (in various senses). Also (freq. with for, of): the action or an act of advocating something; = advocation3...
3. advocation, n. View full entry a1425
...The action or an act of summoning something; a calling of people to council. Obs....
4. advowee, n. View full entry 1593
...A guardian, protector, or patron of a church or religious house; (Ecclesiastical Law) one holding the right to present a member of the clergy to a particular benefice or living....
5. advowry, n. View full entry c1460
...Ecclesiastical Law. = advowson; the office or function of an advowee (advowee1).= avowry1; (also) a person responsible for providing this protection (or perh.:...
6. † advowsance, n. View full entry 1655
...= advowson...
7. † advowsante, n. View full entry 1539
...= advowson; (also) a document granting this....
8. † advowsement, n. View full entry 1590
...= advowson...
9. advowson, n. View full entry c1300
...The right to present a member of the clergy to a particular benefice or living. Also occas. more generally: guardianship, protection, or patronage of a church or religious house; an instance of...
10. apostle, n. View full entry c950
...(As in Greek) One sent on an errand, a messenger. (A verbalism of translation.) Obs....
11. apparitor, n. View full entry 1528
...The servant or attendant of an officer or authority....
12. arch, n.1 View full entry 1297
...Any part of a curve; = arc12. Obs....
13. assembly, n. View full entry 1330
...Gathering together, meeting; the state of being collected or gathered; = assemblage1....
14. audience, n. View full entry c1374
...The action of hearing; attention to what is spoken. to give audience: to give ear, listen....
15. auditor, n. View full entry 1377
...A hearer, listener; one of an audience....
16. Beth Din, n. View full entry 1795
...A Jewish court composed of the Chief Rabbi and two or more assistants, responsible for matters of Jewish ecclesiastical law and the settlement of disputes between Jews....
17. bigamist, n. View full entry 1633
...A man or woman guilty of bigamy (bigamy1)....
18. bigamy, n. View full entry a1325
...Marriage with a second wife or husband when already married; the crime of having two wives or husbands at once. Also in extended use....
19. † bum-court, n. View full entry 1544
...Apparently, a vulgar nickname for the Ecclesiastical Court....
20. canon, n.1 View full entry c890
...A rule, law, or decree of the Church; esp. a rule laid down by an ecclesiastical Council. the canon (collectively) = canon law1b....
