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1. accumulation, n. View full entry 1490
...An accumulated mass; a heap, amount, or quantity formed by successive additions....
2. † addresseress, n. View full entry a1492
...A woman who directs or sets right a person or thing; a female addresser....
3. † aˈmict, n. View full entry 1480
...A kerchief or cloth tied round the head. Obs....
4. angelic, adj.1 and n. View full entry 1485
...Of or pertaining to angels; of angel kind....
5. apostolic, adj. and n. View full entry 1477
...Of or belonging to the Apostles; contemporary with the Apostles, as the Apostolic Fathers....
6. apparelled | appareled, adj. View full entry 1483
...Prepared, made ready, furnished (obs.); equipped, rigged; clothed, attired, dressed; decked, adorned; spec. embroidered (as ecclesiastical vestments)....
7. archpriest, n. View full entry 1485
...A chief priest; spec. in early times, as still in the Italian Church, a kind of vicar to the bishop, acting also as dean of the cathedral; later,...
8. 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...
9. aurora, n. View full entry 1483
...The rising light of the morning; the dawn....
10. banquet, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A feast, a sumptuous entertainment of food and drink; now usually a ceremonial or state feast, followed by speeches....
11. beatitude, n. View full entry a1492
...Supreme blessedness or happiness....
12. Beguine, n.1 View full entry 1483
...A name for the members of certain lay sisterhoods which began in the Low Countries in the 12th century, who devoted themselves to a religious life, but did not bind themselves by...
13. † blasphematour, n. View full entry 1483
...A blasphemer....
14. burette, n. View full entry 1483
...‘A small cruet, violl, or bottle for oyle, or vinegar’ (Cotgrave)....
15. canonical, adj. and n. View full entry 1483
...Prescribed by, in conformity with, or having reference to ecclesiastical edict or canon law....
16. canonry, n. View full entry 1482
...The benefice of a canon; the status, dignity, or office of a canon....
17. † ˈcantic | ˈcantick, n. View full entry 1483
...A song, a canticle....
18. carnally, adv. View full entry 1474
...Corporeally, bodily; ‘in the flesh’....
19. † ˈcelebre | ˈceleber, v. View full entry 1477
...To celebrate...
20. chirograph, n. View full entry 1483
...Applied technically to various documents formally written, engrossed, or signed....
