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1. abdicate, v. View full entry 1532
...trans. To proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, cast off; esp. to disown or disinherit a child. Obs. (hist. in...
2. abdication, n. View full entry 1552
...The action or practice of formally disowning or casting off a person, esp. one's child. Chiefly hist., with reference to ancient Greek and Roman law....
3. Acarnanian, n. and adj. View full entry 1550
...A native or inhabitant of Acarnania, an ancient region of north-west Greece bordering the Ionian Sea....
4. acceptilation, n. View full entry c1538
...Release from a debt by an acquittance without payment; an instance of this. Formerly also fig.: †free remission of sins (obs.)....
5. Achaean, n. and adj. View full entry 1550
...A native or inhabitant of Achaea, a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese....
6. acropolis, n. View full entry 1570
...A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill. Freq. (with capital initial) as the proper name of the ancient citadel of Athens. Also ...
7. addict, v. View full entry 1534
...trans.Roman Law. To deliver or hand over formally (a person or thing) in accordance with a judicial decision; cf. addiction4. Also intr., fig....
8. addiction, n. View full entry ?1532
...The state or condition of being dedicated or devoted to a thing, esp. an activity or occupation; adherence or attachment, esp. of an immoderate or compulsive kind....
9. adstipulation, n. View full entry 1598
...Agreement, (formal) assent; approval, support. Also: an instance of this. Now hist. and rare....
10. aedileship, n. View full entry 1541
...The office of an aedile; (also) the duration of the term of office of an aedile....
11. aedility, n. View full entry 1534
...= aedileship...
12. Aegean, adj. and n. View full entry 1513
...Of, relating to, or situated in the area between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor....
13. Aetolian, n. and adj. View full entry 1539
...A native or inhabitant of ancient Aetolia, a region of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth....
14. afterbirth, n. View full entry 1527
...The placenta and remains of the fetal membranes, which are normally expelled from the uterus after the delivery of the fetus; = secundine1. Cf. earlier afterburden1....
15. agon, n. View full entry 1592
...A public celebration of games, including athletic, dramatic, and musical contests, in the ancient Greek or Roman world; a contest for a prize at such games....
16. agonist, n. View full entry 1573
...App.: a religious scholar. Obs.rare....
17. agora, n.1 View full entry 1591
...A public open space where people can assemble, esp. a marketplace, originally in the ancient Greek world; the structures enclosing such a space....
18. agrarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1593
...Roman Hist. Relating to the land or landholding; spec. designating a law (lex agraria) for the division of conquered lands....
19. alec, n. View full entry ?1527
...A herring. Also: a pickle or sauce made from small herrings or anchovies, used by the ancient Romans....
20. Amorite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1535
...A member of any of a group of Semitic tribes who lived in Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria in the third and second millennia b.c., and who are described in Biblical...
