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Name Term description
NameArchdeacon Term description

Senior clergyman in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church, working within a diocese

NameArchdean Term description

Senior clergyman in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church, attached to a cathedral

NameArcher Term description

Bowman, one who fights with bow and arrows

NameArchitect Term description

One who designs buildings

NameArchpedell Term description

Senior church or university officer

NameArmorar/armorer/armourer Term description

Maker of armour; official in charge of a regiment's or ship's arms

NameArmourer's assistant Term description

Maker of armour; official in charge of a regiment's or ship's arms

NameArmourer's mate Term description

Maker of armour; official in charge of a regiment's or ship's arms

NameArtisan Term description

A skilled manual worker

NameAttorney-at-law Term description

Advocate, lawyer in court

NameAuctioneer Term description

Advocate, lawyer in court

NameAuditor Term description

One who examines accounts or goods for others

NameAddn. Term description

Additional

NameA-N C of M Term description

Ante-Nuptial Contract of Marriage

NameAGRL Term description

Agricultural Land

NameASSOCN Term description

Association

NameAct Term description

Formal decision

NameAddettit Term description

Indebted to, owing

NameAdjudication Term description

[Or 'adjudication for debt'] The legal action by which a debtor's property was passed to his creditors.  Adjudication in implement, on the other hand, is a decision by a court to implement a defective title to land.

NameAliment Term description

A maintenance

NameAir Term description

Heir

NameAlienate Term description

Sell

NameAllenarly Term description

Only, solely or exclusively

NameAmerciament Term description

A fine imposed on a wrongdoer

NameAnent Term description

Concerning, on the subject of