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1. actor, n. View full entry c1384
...A guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another. Obs....
2. alabaster, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...An ornamental stone consisting of a fine-grained, compact, translucent form of gypsum or (esp. with reference to ancient artefacts) calcite, typically white or tinted or clouded with yellow, red, and other colours,...
3. Canaanite, n.1 View full entry 1382
...A native of Canaan. fig. ‘No true Israelite’....
4. Chaldee, adj. and n. View full entry 1382
...= Chaldean, Chaldaic...
5. chambered, adj. View full entry a1382
...Having a chamber or chambers (in various senses). Originally and freq. with modifying word specifying the number of chambers, as single-chambered, three-chambered, etc....
6. cognation, n. View full entry 1382
...The relation between persons descended from a common ancestor; kinship, relationship, consanguinity. (Common in 17th c.; now rare.)...
7. consecration, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of consecrating; a setting apart as dedicated to the Deity; dedication with religious rites to a sacred purpose....
8. consul, n. View full entry c1384
...The title of the two annually elected magistrates who exercised conjointly supreme authority in the Roman Republic; the title without the function was retained under the Empire....
9. corded, adj. View full entry 1382
...Bound with cords; in Heraldry represented as bound or wound about with cords....
10. decurion, n. View full entry 1382
...Roman Hist. A cavalry officer in command of a decuria or company of ten horse. Also gen. A commander or captain of ten men....
11. dispersion, n. View full entry 1382
...The action of dispersing or scattering abroad; the condition or state of being dispersed; scattering, distribution, circulation....
12. drachm, n. View full entry 1382
...The principal silver coin of the ancient Greeks, the drachma; containing 6 obols. It varied in weight and value in different places. (Also drachma)...
13. libertine, n. and adj. View full entry c1384
...Roman Hist. An emancipated slave; a freedman....
14. lictor, n. View full entry 1382
...An officer whose functions were to attend upon a magistrate, bearing the fasces before him, and to execute sentence of judgement upon offenders. ...
15. mitre | miter, n.1 View full entry a1382
...Classical Hist. A headband worn by women in ancient Greece. Also: an Asian headdress, the wearing of which by men was regarded by the Greeks and Romans as a mark of...
16. ogdoad, n. View full entry a1382
...The number eight. Obs....
17. paenula, n. View full entry a1400
...In Roman Hist.: a sleeveless hooded cloak. Also: an ecclesiastical garment of similar shape, originally worn outdoors by monks and priests and later used by priests as a chasuble....
18. pale, n.1 View full entry a1382
...Originally: a pointed piece of wood intended to be driven into the ground, esp. as used with others to form a fence; a stake. Now usually: any of the bars or strips...
19. pentecontarch, n. View full entry c1384
...A commander of fifty....
20. † praetory, n.1 View full entry c1384
...A hall or palace; spec. the residence of a Roman provincial governor. Cf. praetorium1....
