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41. abāting ger.

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(a) Decrease or loss; (b) impairment; (c) of the sun, a planet: decline, esp. with respect to influence.

42. abāven v.

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(a) To feel fear, surprise, etc.; (b) ppl. abaved, upset by fear, surprise, or wonder; afraid, embarrassed, puzzled, or amazed [largely contextual].

43. abbā n.

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Father! -- addressed to God & to an abbot.

44. abbāciāl adj.

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Pertaining to an abbey or an abbess.

45. abbater phr. or adv.

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?Down on the ground.

46. abbat(h)īe, -cīe n.

Additional spellings: abbathie, abbacie
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(a) The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot; (b) an abbey.

47. abbatisse, -ice n.

Additional spellings: abbatice
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Abbess.

48. abbeie n.

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The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot, abbacy.

49. abbes(se n.

Additional spellings: abbesse
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A woman superior of a convent of nuns.

50. abbicion n.

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Deviation, disagreement.

51. abbodesse n.

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Abbess.

52. abbodīe n.

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Abbacy.

53. abbod-rīc(h)e n.

Additional spellings: abbodriche, abbod-rice, abbodrice
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The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy.

54. abbot n.

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(a) The superior of a convent of monks having the status of an abbey; (b) = abba, q.v.

55. abbotes horn phr.

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Some kind of horn, an abbot's hunting horn.

56. abbot-lāf n.

Additional spellings: abbotlaf
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A loaf of bread of some kind.

57. abbo(t)ship n.

Additional spellings: abbotship
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The office of abbot.

58. ab(b)reviāciǒun n.

Additional spellings: abbreviacioun
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(a) Shortness; (b) abridgement (of a story, etc.); an abstract or summary.

59. abbreviāten v.

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Shorten or abstract (a story, a set of plays, etc.); shorten (a period of time).

60. abdicacioun n.

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