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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..

Mameluke :: Mameluke (n.) One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811..

Centurist :: Centurist (n.) An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries. See under Century..

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..

Rochet :: Rochet (n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth 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..

Century :: Century (n.) A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago..

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..

Stian :: Stiacciato (n.) The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries..

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

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..

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.

Viking :: Viking (n.) One belonging to the pirate crews from among the Northmen, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth 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..

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

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

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

Ferrara :: Ferrara (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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

Flagellant :: Flagellant (n.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant..

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