A person who is active in a cause. …

Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication. …

Law & gov. (a) Declare null and void: deny (a claim), dismiss (an accusation), quash (an indictment); cancel or revoke (a charter, a privilege); set aside or repeal (an order, statute, or law); (b)……

Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or……

Eccl. (a) To absolve (sb.) of sin by divine or sacerdotal authority; grant (sb.) remission of sins or penance; assoilen a pena et a culpa; (b) release (sb. from hell, purgatory, or the bonds of sin)……

(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt; barren to; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up. …

(a) Bread as a staple food; any food baked from dough or paste, such as leavened or unleavened bread, rolls, biscuit, cake, and pastry; (b) bred and water (milk), the diet of fasting or penance; (c) c……

Eccl. A robe or cope worn by the choirmaster [L cantor] or some other priest during Mass. …

(a) as title: The Song of Songs, the Song of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum); (b) pl. eccl. sacred songs from the Scriptures, freq. used in the Divine Office, canticles. …

(a) A drinking vessel, such as a bowl, beaker, or goblet; wine chalice; (b) chalice cuppe, chalice pece, chalice shape. …

(a) A division or section of a book; chapter, paragraph; (b) a short Scriptural or patriotic passage read during a service; a lesson. …

(a) A division in a piece of writing; specif., a section of a book in the Bible; (b) a passage from the Scriptures read at a service; (c) a summary or capitulation; (d) a subject treated in a separate……

Eccl. A nun who sings or leads the singing; chorister, precentor. …

A singer, composer, poet, minstrel; also used fig. of the cock. …

(a) A dialogue, discourse, or narrative; collaciouns, bok of collacioun, the Dialogues (of the pious fathers of Egypt concerning monastic life by Cassianus, c400 A.D.); (b) a speech or sermon. …

Approbation, commendation; praise, applause; ben of comendacioun, be commendable or praiseworthy. …

A commonwealth; a community, town; also, the people of such a body politic; the commune of the land. …

(a) To distribute (sth.) in shares, deal out; communen to, give (sth.) to (sb.) as his share; communen with, share (sth.) with (others); (b) to have a share (in sth.), participate; enter into……

The sharing of possessions. …

Eccl. Complin. …