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1. abjuration, n. View full entry ?a1439
...Renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions; (also) an instance of this. Now chiefly hist....
2. Adullamite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...In biblical use, or allusions to this: a native or inhabitant of the Canaanite city of Adullam; (also) a frequenter of the nearby cave of Adullam, where a group discontented with the...
3. all-night, n. and adj. View full entry 1526
...In the royal court or great aristocratic households of England: a service of food, drink, fuel, or candles to last through the night. Now hist....
4. Anglicanism, n. View full entry 1829
...The pursuit or advocacy of English political or economic interests (in quots., to the exclusion of Irish interests or welfare). Cf. Anglican2. Obs....
5. Anglicism, n. View full entry 1642
...A characteristically English word, phrase, or idiom, esp. one introduced into a sentence in another language....
6. ˈannist, n. View full entry 1730
...A partisan of Queen Anne....
7. † anti-Birmingham | anti-Bromingham, n. View full entry 1681
...An anti-Whig, a Tory; a nickname given to opponents of the Exclusion Bill in 1680; its supporters, who claimed to be ‘true Protestants,’ being ironically nicknamed by the Tories, ‘Birmingham...
8. † antiparliaˈmental, adj. View full entry 1643
...Opposed to (the Long) Parliament....
9. antiparliamenˈtarian, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1845
...= antiparliamentary1....
10. antiparliaˈmentary, adj. View full entry 1643
...Opposed to (the Long) Parliament or the parliamentary party. Obs. or Hist....
11. † antiparliamenˈteer, n. View full entry 1643
...A writer or speaker against (the Long) Parliament....
12. † aproˈneer, n. View full entry 1659
...One who wears an apron; a shopman or mechanic. (Used contemptuously of the Parliamentary party during the Civil Wars: cf. green aprongreen4a.)...
13. Asquithian, adj. and n. View full entry 1910
...Pertaining to, resembling, or supporting Asquith as leader of the Liberal party or, later, as leader of a group of the divided party....
14. audit, n. View full entry 1435-6
...gen. A hearing, an audience; esp. a judicial hearing of complaints, a judicial examination. arch....
15. ˈbaronist, n. View full entry 1611
...An adherent of the Barons' party....
16. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
17. Bennite, adj. and n. View full entry 1975
...Of or pertaining to the Labour politician Tony Benn (b. 1925); supporting Mr. Benn, the left-wing policies associated with him, or such policies in general....
18. Bevanism, n. View full entry 1951
...The political policy expounded by, or associated with, Aneurin Bevan (18971960), Labour politician and leader of a left-wing group within the Labour Party; advocacy of this policy....
19. Birmingham, n. View full entry 1849
...A town in Warwickshire, in England. Used as a nickname for the supporters of the Exclusion Bill in 1680; cf. anti-Birmingham...
20. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
