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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. 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....
4. Aaronical, adj. View full entry ?1549
...Of or relating to Aaron; Aaronic....
5. Aaronite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...A descendant or follower of Aaron; a member of the Jewish priesthood. Cf. Aaron...
6. 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....
7. abangan, n. View full entry 1956
...With pl. concord. Indonesians, esp. Javanese, who are syncretically or culturally (rather than observantly) Muslim....
8. abaton, n. View full entry 1829
...A place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary....
9. Abba, n.1 View full entry OE
...An invocation to God as father. Chiefly in Abba, father....
10. abbacy, n. View full entry 1469
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also (Sc.): †an abbey (obs.). Cf. abbotship1....
11. abbas, n. View full entry 1550
...A religious or spiritual leader; spec. an abbot. Chiefly as a title of respect....
12. abbate, n. View full entry 1751
...In Italy and Italian 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,...
13. † abbatie, n. View full entry a1300
...The benefice, jurisdiction, or office of an abbot or abbess. Also: an abbey. Cf. abbacy1....
14. 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,...
15. abbess, n. View full entry c1300
...A woman who is the head or superior of an abbey of nuns or (formerly) of a double abbey of nuns and monks. Also as a title. Cf. Mother Superiormother...
16. abbey, n. View full entry c1300
...Christian Church....
17. abbeyed, adj. View full entry 1828
...Provided with an abbey or abbeys....
18. abbey-lubber, n. View full entry 1528
...At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence....
19. abbot, n. View full entry eOE
...A man who is the head or superior of an abbey of (Christian) monks. Also used as a title placed before (and in Old English also after) a name....
20. † abbotric, n. View full entry OE
...The benefice or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy. Also: an abbey....
