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3. ē̆lecciǒun n.
62 quotations in 7 senses
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The action of choosing; choice, free choice; selection.
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7. remissiǒun n.
40 quotations in 5 senses
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(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……
9. significāciǒun n.
61 quotations in 4 senses
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(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……
10. spǒusaille n.
42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Marriage, wedlock; also, the sacrament of matrimony; -- also pl.; spousaille lovinge, love pertaining to marriage, marital love; knotte (lok) of spousaille, the marriage bond; oute of spousaille……
12. substaunce n.
212 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A type or kind of thing; a thing; also, a material thing; up substaunce, above material things, spiritual, transcendent; (b) an entity possessing physical properties; -- used of the incarnate……
13. surquidī(e n.
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surquidie
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Arrogance, presumption, pride; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: arrogance, presumption; (c) overconfidence.
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14. surquidrī(e n.
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surquidrie
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Arrogance, pride; presumptuousness; also person.; also, conceit; (b) theol. as a branch of the deadly sin of pride: presumption, arrogance, self-importance; (c) intellectual presumption; (d)……