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1.
antē̆me
n.
24 quotations in 2 senses
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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
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chervel
n.
18 quotations in 2 senses
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Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.
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3.
psalmen
v.
8 quotations in 1 sense
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To sing Psalms or songs, sing praise (to God) in Psalms; praise (sth.) with Psalms;
psalmed writes
, writings composed as Psalms, the Psalter.
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unclū̆stren
v.
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To unfasten (a lock);—used in
fig.
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