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1. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the…

2. āliēn, ālien adj.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of nationality, domicile, or provenience: foreign (ruler, merchant, etc.); foreign (country); foreign (goods, ship, etc.); (b) of a religious establishment: granted or subject to a foreign…

3. amendāble adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Theol. (a) Susceptible to betterment or salvation; (b) capable of inducing betterment or salvation.

4. appelllable adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Theol. rightly so named, capable of being so designated.

5. fīnāl, -all, -el adj.

Additional spellings: finall, finel
51 quotations in 3 senses
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Pertaining to the end or close of something: (a) occurring at the close or end (of life, the world); concluding, last, ultimate; (b) lasting or continuing until death; (c) finite, not eternal; (d) in

6. ideāl adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Phil. & theol. Pertaining to the divine archetypes of things.

7. merī̆tōrī(e adj.

Additional spellings: meritorie
43 quotations in 3 senses
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Theol. Deserving of spiritual merit or reward.

8. mī̆litaunt adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Theol. Of the church: militant [see chirche 4b.].

9. prē̆dicāble adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Theol. attributable, predicable.

10. prō̆venaunt adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of profits, income: produced, accruing; (b) theol. grace provenaunt, error for grace prevenient, God's grace preceding conversion or repentance.

11. simple adj.

217 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Blameless, innocent; upright; guileless, artless; (b) of the eyes:?innocent, not sinful; ?sound, healthy; -- used fig.

12. spiritū̆āl adj.

119 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Immaterial; consisting solely of intellect, purely intellectual; (b) having the properties of the immaterial: of virtues: unbounded, infinite; of torment: intangible; (c) phil. & theol. of form…

13. substanciāl adj.

67 quotations in 6 senses
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Chiefly phil. or theol. (a) Pertaining to the very nature of a thing, essential; substancial forme, forme substancial, the principle of existence in a substance and the source of all that is essential…

14. sufficient adj.

113 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Adequate for a purpose, enough, sufficient; of adequate number, size, strength, etc. for a certain purpose; also, appropriate [quots. 1st & ?c1425]; (b) sufficient to, adequate for (sb. or sth.)…

15. vē̆niāl adj.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Theol. Of sin or a sin: minor, pardonable, not damning; (b) involving venial sin.