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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. aube n.

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(a) An ecclesiastical vestment (usually of white linen) reaching to the ankles, an alb; also, the Greek poderis, the Hebrew ephod; (b) aube girdel, girdle used to gather the alb at the waist. …

3. caul n.

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(a) Cabbage, kale, colwort, rape, mustard, or some other plant of the genus Brassica; also, any cultivated leafy vegetable, garden greens, pot-herbs; (b) wilde caul, wild mustard, charlock. …

4. chervel n.

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

5. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

6. ǧinǧivere n.

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(a) The root of the plant Zingiber officinale or of a related species, ginger; poudre (of) gingivere, finely ground ginger; race (rote) of gingivere, a root of ginger; (b) grene gingivere, gingivere……

7. mūl(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mule
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(a) A mule; (b) barain (hep) of mules, a herd or group of mules; mul of spaine, one of the best mules, a Spanish mule; mul flesh, mule meat; mul grom (herde, man, ward), a mulekeeper, servant who……

8. prī̆ǒur n.

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(a) The head or deputy head of a monastery or a house of mendicants, a prior; also, the head of a house of canons; (b) abbotes and (or) prioures; prioures chapele (cloistre); priour and brether,……

9. Psalm(e n.

Additional spellings: Psalme
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(a) One of the Psalms of the Book of Psalms; (b) seien Psalm, to sing a Psalm; also, recite a Psalm; seiere of psalmes, a singer of Psalms; singen Psalm, sing a Psalm; praise (God) with a Psalm; don……

10. Rīne n.(2)

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(a) The river Rhine; also, the Rhineland; win of (the) Rine, Rhine wine; (b) Rhine wine. …

11. Sampsǒun n.

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(a) Samson, the name of a biblical Hebrew hero, often used with allusion to his great strength; also, used to imitate drunken snoring [quot.: CT.Pard.]; (b) as surname. …

12. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
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(a) A Turk; also, an Arab; also, a Moslem; -- often with ref. to the Crusades; Sarasin hed, the head of a Saracen; (b) a heathen, pagan; an infidel; (c) as a type of non-Christian; Sarasin or jeu, jeu……

13. satureie n.

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Savory Satureia hortensis. …

14. scariō̆th n.

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A purse bearer. …

15. scrōphul(e n.

Additional spellings: scrophule
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(a) A scrofulous growth or lump; ?also, sg. & pl. scrofula; (b) as adj.: scrofulous. …

16. sināpīe n.

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A plant of the mustard family (Cruciferae), prob. of the genus Brassica or Eruca [1st quot.]; the seed of this plant used medicinally; sinapie sed. …

17. smaragd(e n.

Additional spellings: smaragde
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A precious stone, green in color, esp. an emerald; also, emerald; smaragd ston. …

18. solate n.

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A plant, perh. the common marigold Calendula officinalis or a kind of nightshade Solanum. …

19. sō̆le n.

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(a) The sole of the human foot; also, the under surface of an animal's hoof; fot sole; (b) a sole of a (the, his) sole, the sole of the fot, the sole of his (thi) fet, the soles of the (his, here)……

20. sō̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: solere
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(a) An upper chamber or a set of rooms in a dwelling place; also, a loft, garret; heigh soler; soler flor, the floor of an upper apartment or story; (b) an upper chamber in a church or church steeple……

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