(a) Release from duty or obligation; freeing of captives; Bibl. dai of remissioun, a holiday from work; yer of remissioun, a Jubilee year; also, a Sabbatical year; don (maken) remissioun, to grant……

(a) Theol. Spiritual rebirth, regeneration; (b) rebuilding, reconstruction. …

(a) A meal; a feast; also fig.; (b) food; nourishment; also fig.; (c) theol. Christ om the Eucharist. …

(a) To feel regret, be sorry; regret or suffer the consequences of an act; repenten for (of), feel regret for (sth.); also ppl. repenting as adj.; (b) to regret (sth.), grieve over; be sorry (to have……

(a) Conducive to or characterized by rest, restful, refreshing; tranquil, peaceful; (b) enjoying peace and quiet, tranquil, at peace; (c) peaceable, nonviolent; (d) secure, safe; (e) theol. of a life……

(a) To regret (sth., how sth. happens); -- also refl.; be embarrassed or shamed by (sth.) [quot.: c1395]; grieve (to do sth.); reuen res, regret (an action, esp. a rash action); (b) to feel regret, be……

(a) To straighten (sth., a path); make right (deformed limbs), make normal, restore; also iron. [quot.: Lay.Brut]; righten oute, straighten out (stiffened limbs); (b) to stand up straight, rise……

(a) Justice; fairness, impartiality; court of right-wisnes, court of justice; (b) an instance of justice; just punishment; also, just punishment personified; don right-wisnes, to see justice done……

Eccl. & theol.: (a) A sacrament of the Church, a visible sign imparting grace; sacrament of holi chirche, holi chirche sacramentes; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; sacramentes……

Eccl. & theol.: (a) To consecrate the body and blood of Christ in the Mass, celebrate the Eucharist; (b) to consecrate (bread and wine, the body and blood of Christ, the Host) in the Mass; celebrate……

(a) The act of offering a life (animal or human) to a deity as an act of propitiation or homage, a ritual slaughter, often followed by immolation of the victim; the formal offering up of produce, a……

(a) To offer a sacrifice before a deity, perform sacrificial rites; sacrifien togeder, ?make a collective sacrifice; (b) to offer (sb. or sth., the life of a victim) to a deity as a sacrifice; also fi……

Eccl.: (a) The consecration of the bread and wine in the service of the Mass; sacring of the messe; sacring time, the moment of consecration in the Mass; (b) the consecrated elements; (c) sacring……

(a) Saving, protecting; (b) theol. capable of being saved; also, as noun: the savable, those who can be saved; (c) med. curable, able to be healed. …

(a) Protection or preservation from some present or threatened danger, trouble, calamity, etc.; deliverance from destruction; defense; (b) a state of safety, security; personal safety; savacioun of……

(a) To afford or bring about safety; also, bring victory [1st quot.]; (b) to deliver (sb., a city, people, etc.) from some danger; rescue (sb. or sth.), bring to safety; -- also refl.; recover (a……

One who saves or rescues from peril, a deliverer; also, that which delivers someone from difficulties. …

Theol. (a) An angel of the first order (ranking above cherub) in the hierarchy of nine orders; the name of this first order; also, the name of the second highest order of angels [quot.: c1390]; (b) a……

(a) Fulfillment, satisfaction; maken seth to, to satisfy (one's desire), be enough for; winnen seth; (b) reparation for loss suffered or damage inflicted; maken seth; (c) eccl. penance or atonement……

(a) To provide shade; shade (sb., oneself, sth.), cast shade upon, protect from the sun or other light; shadwen the sonne, block the sun; ppl. shadwed as adj.: shaded; (b) to darken (sth.), obscure……