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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.

View defended by Arius, a fourth-century priest in Alexandria, that Jesus was not the same as God, but was the greatest of all creatures; Arianism was the version of Christianity held by important ...

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 earlier Middle Ages ...