(a) The ascent of Christ to heaven; the Ascension; ascensioun dai, dai of ascensioun; (b) the feast day [forty days after Easter] commemorating the Ascension; ascensioun dai, ascensioun eve(n, the……

Mus. The fourth tone in the Guidonian hexachord on F ut; B-flat at intervals of a second below middle C and a seventh above middle C. …

Of downward motion in space: (a) of rain: to fall; descenden doun fro (heaven); of a stream: flow down (from); of light, heat, lightning: stream down, descend; of an object: fall down, descend; from……

Mus. (a) The consonant interval of the octave, corresponding to the mathematic proportion of 2 to 1 in number of vibrations; double (twies) diapasoun, the interval of two octaves, corresponding to the……

Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fifth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 3 to 2 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fifth above another tone. …

Mus. (a) The consonant interval of a fourth, corresponding to the mathematical proportion of 4 to 3 in number of vibrations; (b) a tone which sounds the interval of a fourth above another tone. …

Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often……

(a) Flawless, unblemished; also fig.; of persons, actions, intentions: faultless, blameless; of gold, metal: perfectly refined; of a soul: pure; of law: incorrupt; of sight, light: unobscured……

(a) Comparative relation in regard to amount, size, magnitude, number, etc.; ratio, proportion; a comparative relation, mathematical ratio; even proporcioun, balance, equivalence; (b) relative amount……

(a) Size in three dimensions, magnitude, volume, capacity; open quantite, capacity of something when empty; (b) size in length; stature; also fig.; (c) circumference; (d) size of a surface area; also……

(a) A fourfold amount or number; (b) mus. the highest part in four-part contrapuntal singing. …

Mus. The second note of any Guidonian hexachord [see hexachord in W.Apel, Harvard Dict.of Music (1944)]. …

Mus. An interval approximating half a whole tone. …

(a) An interval or a span of time elapsing between two specified points, events, etc.; (b) the amount or extent of time comprised by or contained within a specified period; -- often with gen. or of ph……

(a) The main point, focus, etc. of a document; the intent of a law or legal agreement; also, the tone of a letter [quot. c1400(?a1300)]; also in fig. contexts; (b) law the true and essential meaning……

Mus. The interval between notes of identical pitch, the unison; also, a note of the same pitch as another; also, the note used as the base note in contrapuntal singing. …

(a) Insusceptibility to differentiation, indivisibility, lack of diversity; also, purity, freedom from adulteration (b) theol. the essential unity among the persons of the Trinity; the oneness or……

(a) To devastate (a land, town, etc.), lay waste; ppl. wastinge, laying waste; (b) to despoil (a region, tract of land, etc.) through the removal of resources. …