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Old :: Old (superl.) Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old..

Father :: Father (n.) One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers..

Estramacon :: Estramacon (n.) A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries..

Mandil :: Mandil (n.) A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.

Ebionite :: Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament..

Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction..

Albigeois :: Albigeois (n. pl.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

Band :: Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Galleon :: Galleon (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel..

Condottiere :: Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest..

Armet :: Armet (n.) A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries..

Mastersinger :: Mastersinger (n.) One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve..

Brassart :: Brassart (n.) Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts..

Brown Bill :: Brown bill () A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.

Nazarene :: Nazarene (n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies..

Crusade :: Crusade (n.) Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans..

Reiter :: Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

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