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21. anchōrīte n.

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A recluse or hermit. …

22. androsinǒun n.

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A Eurasian St. John's-wort (Hypericum androsaemum). …

23. anēt(e n.

Additional spellings: anete
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(a) Dill Anethum graveolens; anet sed; (b) wilde anet, hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale. …

24. aneurisma, -isme n.

Additional spellings: aneurisme
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Arterial dilation, aneurism. …

25. anittida n.

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A precious stone of some kind; ?the diamond. …

26. anker n.

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(a) A ship's anchor; casten, laien, senden out anker; drauen up, halen, highen, pullen up, taken up, weien (up) anker; riden at, bi, on anker; (b) a weight; (c) a fastening device, a mooring. …

27. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the……

28. antipōdes n. (plural)

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Antipodes. …

29. antispasi(s n.

Additional spellings: antispasis
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Blood-letting performed on the corresponding opposite side of the body. …

30. antitesis n.

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Gram. The substitution of one case for another. …

31. antrax n.

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A malignant boil or growth; ?also, the eruption of syphilis [quot.Lanfranc]. …

32. antropofaǧe n.

Additional spellings: anthropophage
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A person who eats human flesh, cannibal. …

33. apocalips(e, -yp(p)es n.

Additional spellings: apocalipse, apocalyppes, apocalypes
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(a) The Apocalypse [the last book of the New Testament]; (b) the vision or revelation described there. …

34. apocrif, -a, -um adj. & n.

Additional spellings: apocrifa, apocrifum
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Of unknown authorship or doubtful authenticity, or so regarded by the Church; not authentic, apocryphal; an apocryphon. …

35. apoloǧetik adj. as n.

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A formal defense, apology. …

36. apoplexie n.

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Apoplexy; litel apoplexie, lesse apoplexie, epilepsy. …

37. apostle n.

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One of the Twelve Apostles of Christ; apostles twelve; also, a missionary or evangelist of the early Church, such as St. Paul; apostle of Engelonde; apostle of hethen men; apostolene prince. …

38. arechetes n.

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?Hematite. …

39. arǧirītes n.

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A precious stone with magical properties; ?litharge of silver. …

40. Ar(i)opagīte n.

Additional spellings: Ariopagite
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A member of the Athenian court which met on the Areopagus, Areopagite. …

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