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skew arch

History; Medieval

Arch not at right angles to its jambs.

alderman

History; Medieval

Derived from O. E. ealdorman and surviving in urban usage to describe the holder of a senior civic office. Two main usages are (I) the chief officer of a guild: occurs in the ...

archdeacon

History; Medieval

A high Catholic Church official, serving more-or-less as executive secretary to a bishop.

alien priory

History; Medieval

Monastic house or estate dependent upon or subordinate to a continental, usually a Norman, monastery.

relieving arch

History; Medieval

Often rough, placed in the wall over an opening to relieve it of superincumbent weight.

ambulatorius (equus)

History; Medieval

An ambler or pacing horse, which moves by lifting the two feet on one side together, alternately with the two feet on the other.

abjuration

History; Medieval

A renunciation, under oath, of heresy to the Christian faith, made by a Christian wishing to be reconciled with the church.