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1. baptēme, -esme, -isme, -īme n.

Additional spellings: baptesme, baptisme, baptime
34 quotations in 5 senses
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The act, ceremony, or sacrament of baptism; the fact of being baptized; also fig.; bapteme water, water of bapteme, water used in baptism; ben hight in bapteme, be given a Christian name; name of……

2. vavasǒur n.

35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A feudal tenant holding land of some other vassal, a subvassal; a feudal vassal, a liegeman; also, a member of the landholding nobility, presumably ranking below a baron;—often used in contrast……

3. quishin n.

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A cushion, bolster, or pillow; a cushion for the arm or for sitting or kneeling on; also, a hassock or footstool; (b) quishin(es cloth, a case or cover for a cushion. …

4. transsubstanciāten v.

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To change (the bread of the Eucharist into the body of Christ). …

5. extasīe n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Elation, ecstasy. …

6. masuel n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A club; a mace. …

7. transsubstanciāciǒun n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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The changing of one substance into another. …

8. transsubstansinge ger.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Theol. The effecting of the transformation of the consecrated bread into the body of Christ during the Eucharist. …

9. sō̆lā̆sen v.

47 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To entertain (sb. or sth.), amuse; please (one's heart or soul); cheer up (one's life); solasen with, amuse (sb.); also, cheer up (one's life); ben solased of, be pleased by (a sight); (b) refl.……

10. isigrī̆nus n.

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A name for the wolf in beast fables. …

11. octāve(s n. singular & plural

Additional spellings: octaves
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The eighth day following a feast day counting the day itself, an octave; octave dai; (b) the period of eight days beginning with the feast day; (c) ? = (a) or (b); (d) a period of eight days……

12. seisen v.

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To take possession; take possession of (a country, city, land, goods, etc.); seize (sth.) by force; capture (sth.); also fig.; also, take legal possession of (sth.), confiscate; seisen on, usurp……

13. sigrī̆m n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A name for the wolf in beast fables. …

14. trusse n.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A wrapped bundle containing clothing, laundry, etc., a parcel, traveler's pack; also, ?a bolt of cloth, cloth wound and fastened together in a roll [quots. c1436]; in trusse, ?on the bolt; (b) a……

15. seisī̆n(e n.

Additional spellings: seisine
51 quotations in 3 senses
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Law: (a) Seizin, possession in freehold, freq. indicated or established by actual or physical possession; also, the right to something [quot.: c1436, 2nd]; also, the ceremony at which seizin is……

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