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Abased
ABA’SED, participle passive Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.
In heraldry, it is used of the wings of eagles, when the tops are turned downwards towards the point of the shield; or when the wings are shut, the natural way of bearing them being spread, with the top pointing to the chief of the angle.
Abound
ABOUND‘, verb intransitive. [Latin abundo. If this word is from Latin unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. abound may naturally be deduced from the Celtic. Latin fons, a fountain.]
1. To have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed by with or in; as to abound with provisions; to abound in good things.
2. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent.
Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound Romans 5:20.
Abundance
ABUND’ANCE, noun Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants.
In scripture, the abundance of the rich is great wealth. Ecclesiastes 5:10. Mark 12:44. Luke 21:4.
The abundance of the seas is great plenty of fish.
It denotes also fullness, overflowing, as the abundance of the heart. Matthew 12:34. Luke 6:45.
Acceptation
ACCEPTA’TION, noun
1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.
This is a saying worthy of all acceptation 1 Timothy 1:15.
2. A state of being acceptable; favorable regard.
Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with God
But in this sense acceptableness is more generally used.
3. the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation
4. Reception in general. obsolete
Acclaim
ACCLA’IM verb transitive [L acclamo, ad and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.] To applaud. [Little Used.
ACCLA’IM, noun A shout of joy; acclamation.
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ADORATION
ADORA’TION, noun
1. The act of paying honors to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a God.
Adoration consists in external homage, accompanied with the highest reverence. It is used for the act of praying, or preferring requests or thanksgiving, to the Supreme Being.
2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound reverence.
Adoration, among the Jews, as performed by bowing, kneeling and prostration. Among the Romans, the devotee, with his head uncovered, applied his right hand to his lips, bowing and turning himself from left to right. The Persians fell on the face, striking the forehead against the earth, and kissing the ground. The adoration paid to the Grecian and Roman emperors, consisted in bowing and kneeling at the feet of the prince, laying hold of his robe, then withdrawing the hand and clapping it to the lips. In modern times, adoration is paid to the pope by kissing his feet, and to princes, by kneeling and kissing the hand. This word was used by the Romans for acclamation or great applause, given to public performer; and the election of a pope is sometimes by adoration that is, by sudden acclamation without scrutiny.
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ANGELUS
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(ˈændʒələs)
noun Roman Catholic Church
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a devotion in memory of the Annunciation
2. Also called: Angelus bell
the bell tolled in the morning, at noon, and in the evening to indicate the time when the Angelus is to be recited
Also: angelus
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Approbation
APPROBA’TION, noun [Latin approbatio. See Proof and Prove.]
1. The act of approving; a liking; that state or disposition of the mind, in which we assent to the propriety of a thing, with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; as, the laws of God require our approbation
2. Attestation; support; that is, active approbation or action in favor of what is approved.
3. The commendation of a book licensed or permitted to be published by authority, as was formerly the case in England.
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Appurtenance
APPUR’TENANCE, noun so written for appertenance. See Appertain.]
That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage. Appropriately, such buildings, rights and improvements, as belong to land, are called the appurtenances; as small buildings are the appurtenances of a mansion.
Ascribe
ASCRI’BE, verb transitive [Latin ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.]
1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to a cause; to assign, as effect to a cause; as, losses are often to be ascribed to imprudence.
2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong; as, to ascribe perfection to God, or imperfection to man. Job 36:3. Psalms 68:34. 1 Samuel 18:8.
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Assarion
assarion
A Roman copper coin, worth about 1/16 of a laborer’s daily wage
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Audacity
AUDAC’ITY, noun
1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence.
2. Audaciousness; impudence; in a bad sense; implying a contempt of law or moral restraint.
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Avarice
AV’ARICE, noun [Latin avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet.]
An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth; covetousness; greediness or insatiable desire of gain.
Avarice sheds a blasting influence over the finest affections and sweetest comforts of mankind.