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1. aureola, n. View full entry 1483
...Medieval Church and R.C. Church The celestial crown won by a martyr, virgin, or doctor, as victor over the world, the flesh, or the devil; the special degree of...
2. † caton, n. View full entry 1481-3
...The Disticha de moribus attributed to Dionysius Cato, a book of ethics in Latin verse, of the 3rd or 4th c., much esteemed in the middle ages as a manual...
3. cohort, n. View full entry 1489
...Roman Hist. A body of infantry in the Roman army, of which there were ten in a legion, each consisting of from 300 to 600 men; also applied to auxiliary troops...
4. commended, adj. View full entry 1477
...Mentioned as worthy of approval; recommended, praised, approved....
5. concussion, n. View full entry 1490
...The action of violently shaking or agitating; particularly, the shock of impact....
6. convalesce, v. View full entry 1483
...intr. To recover from sickness, regain health, get better....
7. droit, n.1 View full entry 1480
...A right; a legal claim to what is one's due; hence, that to which one has a legal claim; a due; pl. dues, duties, perquisites due by legal right....
8. fistula, n. View full entry 1481
...Pathol. A long, narrow, suppurating canal of morbid origin in some part of the body; a long, sinuous pipe-like ulcer with a narrow orifice....
9. Hellene, n. View full entry 1482
...A Greek person. Usu. in pl....
10. industry, n. View full entry 1477
...Intelligent or clever working; skill, ingenuity, dexterity, or cleverness in doing anything....
11. Ionic, adj.1 and n. View full entry 1483
...Ancient Hist. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ionians (Ionian1) or their language; Ionian....
12. Phrygian, n. and adj. View full entry ?1473
...Ancient Hist. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia, an ancient region of west central Asia Minor, to the south of Bithynia....
13. servitude, n. View full entry ?1473
...The condition of being a slave or a serf, or of being the property of another person; absence of personal freedom. Often, and now usually, with additional notion of subjection to the...
14. vindication, n. View full entry 1484
...The action of avenging or revenging. Obs....
