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A
unknown · 78% connection
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Ae
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A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Alto
noun · 78% connection
Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Ante-
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A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Antiphon
noun · 78% connection
A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Ash Wednesday
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The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Benedictus
adjective · 78% connection
The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Byzantine
noun · 78% connection
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Carnival
noun · 78% connection
A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, dur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Choral
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Credo
noun · 78% connection
The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Cresselle
noun · 78% connection
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
De-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Epanadiplosis
noun · 78% connection
A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Eysell
noun · 78% connection
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
Gloria
noun · 78% connection
A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fourth, sunday, lent, named, latin.
