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41. delegāci(e n.

Additional spellings: delegacie
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Eccl. (a) A papal commission, representatives of the pope; (b) the delegating of papal authority; lettres of delegaci, letters appointing a papal commission and prescribing its duties, authority, etc…

42. delegāt n.

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Eccl. A commissioner of the pope, a legate.

43. delegāt ppl.

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(a) Eccl. Delegated; of judges: appointed by the pope to act in his place; of powers: delegated by the pope; (b) anat. proceeding from one part of the body to another.

44. demonstrāciǒun n.

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(a) An indication that something is true, a proof; a sign, token, portent; (b) an account, a description; (c) an explanation, interpretation.

45. deprīvāciọ̄n n.

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Eccl. Suspension or removal from an office or position.

46. dētermināciǒun n.

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Usually law (a) Disposition or settlement of a suit or dispute; decision, verdict; doom, undoing; (b) power to adjudicate, jurisdiction.

47. dī̆missōrīe n.

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Eccl. A dimissory letter.

48. dīocīse n.

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Eccl. A bishop's diocese.

49. dī̆riǧe n.

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Eccl. That part of the Office for the Dead beginning with the antiphon for the first psalm of the first nocturn of matins; dirige for the ded; dirige bok, a book with the text of this Office.

50. discī̆plesse n.

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(a) A female disciple, as of Jesus or of an apostle; (b) eccl. a female novice.

51. disciplī̆ne n.

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Eccl. Penitential chastisement, self-inflicted mortification of the flesh; also, an act of penance or mortification; nimen, taken discipline, to suffer such chastisement, etc.

52. dispending ger.

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(a) Spending or employment (of wealth); (b) eccl. stewardship.

53. dispendǒur n.

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(a) A household official who administers the possessions of a lord, a steward or treasurer; also, one who has power to distribute legacies; (b) eccl. administrator or steward of the Church.

54. dispensaciǒun n.

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(a) Power to dispose of wealth; (b) eccl. stewardship; (c) physiol. function.

55. dūlīa n.

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Eccl. The reverence which may be paid to angels and saints.

56. elevāciǒun n.

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(a) The act of rising; (b) astron. the altitude or angular height above the horizon.

57. enterdīten v.

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Eccl. To place under the ban of the Church: (a) to cut off (a nation or a region) from the public ministrations of the Church; (b) to bar (a church) from the performance of its ecclesiastical…

58. epistolārie, -ere n.

Additional spellings: epistolere
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Eccl. A book containing the epistles read in the Mass.

59. exaltāciǒun n.(1)

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Astrol. The position of a planet in the zodiac where it was thought to exert its greatest influence; also, the point of highest elevation of the sun.

60. fāne n.(1)

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A flag, standard, banner, or emblem.