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1. 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……

2. austēre, austē̆rne adj.

Additional spellings: austerne
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(a) Of persons, speech, manner: harsh, severe, stern; (b) rigorously moral, austere; (c) grim, fierce. …

3. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments. …

4. prō̆- pref.

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A common prefix in words derived from Latin or French; e.g., probleme, processionarie, progenitour, pronosticacioun, propugnacle, prosperite, provincial (nouns); profounde, prolixe, propicious,……

5. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters. …

6. scī̆asis n.

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The disease sciatica. …

7. triapolitān adj.

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(a) Of or pertaining to a tripartite ecclesiastical metropolitan division; (b) as noun: one of a triad of ecclesiastical metropolitan seats. …

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