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1. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
2. Aaronic, adj. View full entry 1652
...Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest....
3. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
4. Aaronite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...A descendant or follower of Aaron; a member of the Jewish priesthood. Cf. Aaron...
5. Aaron's bells, n. View full entry 1581
...Originally: the small bells attached to the hem of Aaron's ephod (see quot. 1611 in etymology). In later use also: small bells used as Torah scroll ornaments. Also fig....
6. Abelonian, n. View full entry 1572
...= Abelite...
7. Abrahamic, adj. View full entry 1699
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of the biblical patriarch Abraham; (also) of, relating to, or belonging to the group of religions comprising Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which trace their origin to Abraham....
8. Abyssinian, n. and adj. View full entry 1660
...Any of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Now usu. spec.= Amharic...
9. Acacian, n. and adj. View full entry 1577
...A follower of the Arian Christological doctrines of Acacius, a 4th-cent. bishop of Caesarea....
10. Adamite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1542
...Church Hist. A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of...
11. Aladdin, n. View full entry 1777
...(in the story of Aladdin in the Arabian Nights) a magic lamp which when rubbed released a genie sworn to obey the lamp's holder; chiefly in similative and figurative contexts;...
12. Aladdinize, v. View full entry 1848
...trans. To transport or transform as if by magic....
13. Alcantarine, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of, belonging, or relating to an austere order of Franciscan Observantine friars, founded in 1556 by St Peter of Alcántara, or an order of Franciscan nuns later modelled upon it....
14. Arminian, adj. and n. View full entry 1618
...Of, belonging to, or following the doctrine of, James Arminius or Harmensen, a Dutch Protestant theologian, who put forth views opposed to those of Calvin, especially on predestination. Arminius died in ...
15. Athanasian, adj. and n. View full entry 1585
...Of or pertaining to Athanasius, esp. in Athanasian Creed, that beginning with the words ‘Quicunque vult,’ which has been attributed to his authorship....
16. Babel, n. View full entry a1529
...A confused or discordant medley of sounds, esp. of voices; a hubbub, a din. Perh. influenced by babble2 in later use....
17. Babelish, adj. View full entry 1610
...Of or belonging to Rome or the Roman Catholic Church (see Babel4). Cf. Babylonish2. Obs.rare....
18. Babylon, n.2 View full entry 1530
...derogatory. The city of Rome as the seat of the Pope and the centre of authority of the Roman Catholic Church; (more generally) the Roman Catholic Church, its institutions, practices, etc....
19. Babylonish, adj. (and n.) View full entry eOE
...Of, from, or relating to the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq), or to the ancient Babylonian Empire (hist.). Also: resembling (that of) Babylon or Babylonia. In Old English...
20. Babylonism, n. View full entry 1610
...derogatory. The doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism. See Babylon1. Obs.rare....
