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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. Aaron, n.2 View full entry 1565
...A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader....
3. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
4. 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....
5. abbé, n.1 View full entry 1530
...In France or French contexts: an abbot. Also: a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor,...
6. abbey, n. View full entry c1300
...Christian Church....
7. abbreviator, n. View full entry 1529
...A person who shortens or abridges something, esp. a text; a summarizer; a compiler. Also: a person given to the use of abbreviations....
8. abecedarian, n. and adj. View full entry 1603
...A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; spec. (U.S.) a member of the youngest group of children in a school (now...
9. Abelian, n. View full entry ?1609
...= Abelite...
10. ablution, n. View full entry c1405
...Chem. Originally: the purification of oils and other substances by a process of emulsification with hot water, the water being drained off after the two immiscible liquids have been allowed to...
11. abnet, n. View full entry 1602
...Jewish Hist. A girdle made of fine linen, used esp. by Jewish priests....
12. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
13. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
14. absolution, n. View full entry OE
...Christian Church....
15. † absolvant, n. View full entry 1502
...A person who absolves someone....
16. absolve, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To set free or discharge from (also of) an oath, obligation, liability, etc....
17. abstainer, n. View full entry c1475
...A person who abstains; esp. one who abstains from eating particular foods....
18. abstinent, adj. and n. View full entry a1400
...Practising abstinence; continent, abstemious, temperate; (also) characterized by abstinence or restraint. Also with †in, from....
19. abthanage, n. View full entry 1862
...= abthanery...
20. abthanery, n. View full entry 1796
...An abbacy; the territory and jurisdiction of an abbot; the secular jurisdiction of what were previously abbatial lands. Also: the jurisdiction of an abthane1....
