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1. aba, n.1 View full entry 1792
...A loose-fitting overgarment of various forms, traditionally worn by esp. Arab men and women. Cf. abaya...
2. Abaddon, n. View full entry c1350
...Apollyon, the destroyer; (a name for) the Devil. ...
3. abaya, n. View full entry 1810
...A long, loose-fitting overgarment, typically made of wool, traditionally worn in some Arab countries; = aba...
4. Abba, n.1 View full entry OE
...An invocation to God as father. Chiefly in Abba, father....
5. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
6. Abib, n. View full entry 1531
...In the ancient Hebrew calendar: the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh of the civil year, corresponding to the latter part of March and the early part of April....
7. abjad, n. View full entry 1793
...A system of notation in which each of the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value. Now chiefly hist....
8. abnet, n. View full entry 1602
...Jewish Hist. A girdle made of fine linen, used esp. by Jewish priests....
9. acker, n.2 View full entry 1937
...A piastre. hist. in later use....
10. Adar, n. View full entry a1382
...In the Jewish calendar: the sixth month of the civil and twelfth of the religious year, consisting of 29 days and usually coinciding with parts of February and March; (also) an intercalary...
11. Adeni, n. and adj. View full entry 1950
...A native or inhabitant of Aden....
12. adhan, n. View full entry 1794
...The call to prayer intoned or proclaimed by the muezzin from the minaret or roof of a mosque at prescribed times of the day....
13. Adonai, n. View full entry OE
...A name of God, esp. in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures. Now chiefly in Jewish use. Also as ...
14. afikoman, n. View full entry 1842
...A piece broken from the second of the three matsot (matzo) set before the leader of a Seder, and put aside to be eaten at the end of the meal....
15. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
16. afrit, n. View full entry a1712
...In Arabian and Muslim mythology: a powerful jinn or demon. Also in extended use....
17. agal, n. View full entry 1853
...A headband worn by Bedouin Arab men to keep a keffiyeh or headdress in place....
18. Agaw, n. and adj. View full entry 1790
...(The name of) a group of various related peoples of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; a member of one of these peoples....
19. Aggadah, n. View full entry 1602
...A legend or parable that illustrates a point of the Law in the Talmud; the non-legal element of the Talmud; = Haggadah1. Cf. Halachah...
20. agora, n.2 View full entry 1961
...A monetary unit of Israel introduced in 1960, originally equivalent to one hundredth of an Israeli lira, and since 1980 equivalent to one hundredth of a shekel. Cf. prutah...
