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Medieval
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.
