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1. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
2. adjuration, n. View full entry c1405
...The action or an act of invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this. Cf. exorcism...
3. admonition, n. View full entry ?c1400
...The action of admonishing; authoritative advice or warning; reproof, censure....
4. Alcoran, n. View full entry c1405
...The sacred book of Islam; = Qur'an Usu. with the. Now chiefly hist....
5. ammoniac, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...in sal ammoniac (Latin sal ammoniacus, French sel ammoniac) i.e. Salt of Ammon, a hard white opaque crystalline salt, supposed to have been originally prepared from...
6. † annueller, n. View full entry c1386
...A priest who celebrates annuals, or anniversary masses for the dead....
7. anointed, adj. View full entry c1374
...Smeared or rubbed with any unctuous matter; esp. having had oil poured on, as a sacred rite....
8. Arabian, adj. and n. View full entry c1391
...Belonging to Arabia. Arabian bird: the phœnix, fig. a unique specimen. Arabian horse = Arab2. Arabian nights: fabulous stories....
9. Aries, n. View full entry c1374
...The ram; one of the zodiacal constellations, which the sun enters on the 21st of March....
10. ascendant | ascendent, adj. and n. View full entry c1386
...gen. Rising; moving or tending upwards....
11. assurance, n. View full entry c1374
...A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee....
12. astrologian, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...An astrologer (astrologer1a)....
13. attrition, n. View full entry c1374
...The action or process of rubbing one thing against another; mutual friction....
14. award, v.1 View full entry c1386
...To examine a matter and adjudicate upon its merits; to decide, determine, after consideration or deliberation. Obs....
15. benignity, n. View full entry c1374
...Kindly feeling and its manifestation; kindness of disposition, or of manner. (Now attributed to superiors or those who are venerable.)...
16. † blasˈpheme, n.2 View full entry 1384
...The earlier word for blasphemy...
17. blasphemer, n. View full entry c1386
...One who blasphemes....
18. border, n. View full entry c1374
...A side, edge, brink, or margin; a limit, or boundary; the part of anything lying along its boundary or outline....
19. breast-plate, n. View full entry c1386
...A piece of armour for protecting the breast; also, any plate worn on the breast....
20. Capricorn, n. View full entry c1400
...Astron....
