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1. † abbatie, n. View full entry a1300
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also: an abbey. Cf. abbacy1....
2. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
3. † almightend, adj. View full entry c1250
...= almighty...
4. alpha, n. and adj. View full entry ?c1200
...(The name of) the first letter (Α, α) of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to English a....
5. altar cloth, n. View full entry a1225
...A cloth used to cover an altar; spec.a cloth of white linen covering the top of the altar during the communion or Mass;an ornamental altar frontal or superfrontal (now...
6. † aˈmartyr, v. View full entry ?a1300
...To martyr....
7. amiss, adv., adj., and n. View full entry a1250
...Erroneously, in a way that goes astray of, or misses its object....
8. ampul, n. View full entry ?c1225
...A small bottle or flask; a phial. Obs. in general sense....
9. anniversary, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...‘Returning with the revolution of the year; annual; yearly’ (Johnson); returning or commemorated at the same date in succeeding years....
10. † aˈnoure, v. View full entry c1250
...To adore, worship, reverence, or honour....
11. † apoˈstoile, n. View full entry c1275
...The pope....
12. arch, n.1 View full entry 1297
...Any part of a curve; = arc12. Obs....
13. † arche, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Noah's ark; = ark3....
14. † archiˈtemple, n. View full entry 1297
...A chief temple....
15. article, n. View full entry ?c1225
...Each of the separate items of a summary of faith; spec.each of the separate clauses or statements of the Apostles' Creed; (freq. with capital initial) any of the...
16. Ash-ˈWednesday, n. View full entry 1297
...The first day of Lent; so called from the custom in the Roman Catholic Church of sprinkling ashes on the heads of penitents on that day....
17. assize, n. View full entry 1297
...A sitting or session of a consultative or legislative body. Obs....
18. assoil, v. View full entry 1297
...To absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; = absolve2 ‘Whom God assoil!’ (Old French que Dieu assoille! Latin quem Deus absolvat!):...
19. assumption, n. View full entry 1297
...The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven....
20. astronomy, n. View full entry c1275
...Originally: the science or art dealing with the positions and motions of planets and stars and their effect on natural phenomena and human affairs (one of the subjects of the quadrivium; now...
