(a) Theol. Salvation, redemption; maken redempcioun, to effect redemption (of sb.); (b) moral reformation; (c) liberation from captivity or hell; also fig.; (d) deliverance from captivity or restraint……

(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……

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……

(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) A symbol; in significacioun, as a symbol, symbolizing; (b) symbolic meaning; also, interpretation [quots.: Lydg.Pilgr.]; (c) symbolization, representation; a gret significacioun, an important……

(a) To be a symbol of (sb. or sth.), be an emblem of, symbolize; represent symbolically (that sth. is so); signifien ayenes, have symbolic force against (a sin); (b) to be symbolized by (sth.); ben……

Theol. Prefiguring, foreshadowing; in signifure, as a foreshadowing. …

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

(a) A type or kind of person, flavor, etc.; (b) the human species; mannes spice, mankind; (c) a species of plant; a genus of animals, fish, trees, etc.; (d) med. & pathol. a type or variety of……

(a) To breathe out, exhale; also fig.; of the wind: blow; (b) theol. to breathe forth (the Holy Ghost), inspire; also, breathe (life into man); also, breathe forth the Holy Ghost [last quot., 1st……