Middle English word senses marked with topical category "Bible"

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Subcategories: Biblical characters

Total 63 word senses

• Abraham (Proper name) Abraham
• Achab (Noun) Ahab (Biblical character)
• Adam (Proper name) Jesus Christ.
• Balthasar (Proper name) Balthazar, a Babylonian king mentioned in the Book of Daniel.
• Balthasar (Proper name) Belteshazzar, the Babylonian name of the biblical prophet Daniel.
• Dauid (Proper name) David
• Elizabeth (Proper name) Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.
• Iacob (Proper name) Jacob (biblical figure)
• Iair (Proper name) Jair
• Ioseph (Proper name) Joseph (biblical figure)
• Iudas (Proper name) Judas
• Jafeth (Proper name) Japheth (Biblical character)
• James (Proper name) James (a male given name from Old French)
• John (Proper name) John the Baptist or John the Apostle/John the Evangelist (biblical figures)
• Kinges (Proper name) [Book of] Kings (each of 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 3 Kings, and 4 Kings)
• Marie (Proper name) Mary (biblical figure)
• Michel (Proper name) The Archangel Michael.
• Peter (Proper name) Peter
• Rede See (Proper name) the Red Sea (especially in a biblical context)
• Sampson (Proper name) a male given name from Hebrew
• Simeon (Proper name) Simeon
• Thomas (Proper name) a male given name from Aramaic
• Ysaac (Proper name) Isaac
• abominacioun (Noun) Pagan worship or heresy
• abominacioun (Noun) Idols; pagan religious material
• apocalips (Noun) The biblical Apocalypse; the events of the book of Revelation.
• appel (Noun) apple (fruit of Malus domestica).
• bapteme (Noun) The water that came from Jesus after being stabbed during his crucifixion.
• bible (Proper name) The Bible (Christian holy book); a copy of the Bible.
• cross (Noun) The cross in Christian metaphor:; Christianity; the Christian religion.
• dragoun (Noun) A serpent or reptilian monster
• dragoun (Noun) Satan; the Devil
• forme fader (Noun) Adam (as the progenitor of humankind)
• fornfader (Noun) Adam (as the progenitor of humankind)
• genge (Noun) The pagan nations; the Gentiles.
• halpeni (Noun) a coin from biblical times, a small foreign coin
• helm (Noun) The crown of thorns that Jesus wore.
• hethenli (Adverb) In the manner of the Gentiles.
• historie (Noun) A portion of the Bible covering history.
• lawe (Noun) Morality, natural law (either instinctual or taught):; The Bible or one of the two books which it is composed of.
• nacioun (Noun) Gentiles
• prophecie (Noun) The prophecies within the Old Testament or the part of Mass containing it.
• prophete (Noun) One of the portions of the Old Testament which covers the prophets.
• revelacioun (Noun) The book of Revelation (the last book of the New Testament)
• salm (Noun) A psalm (hymn in the Book of Psalms)
• sauter (Noun) The Biblical book of Psalms; the section of the Bible containing psalms.
• serviable (Adjective) Prohibited on the Sabbath.
• servisable (Adjective) Prohibited on the Sabbath.
• servyle (Noun) Prohibited on the Sabbath.
• skyn (Noun) Part of the material composing a tent.
• soule (Noun) A person or human being.
• sterne of sternes (Proper name) The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
• sterne of þe see (Proper name) The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
• table (Noun) A level writing surface:; The physical Ten Commandments handed down from heaven.
• tablet (Noun) The Ten Commandments in physical form handed down from heaven.
• vers (Noun) A line or passage of a text or work:; A line in a poem; part of a stanza.
• vers (Noun) A line or passage of a text or work:; A Biblical verse, especially of a psalm.
• vers (Noun) A larger portion of a text or work:; A stanza; a group of lines equivalent to the prose paragraph.
• vers (Noun) Verse, poetry; the poetic form and art as a whole.
• verset (Noun) A short Biblical verse used as part of the liturgy.
• versicle (Noun) A short Biblical verse used as part of the liturgy.
• wermode (Noun) Wormwood (object in the Book of Revelation)
• worm (Noun) The snake of Eden.

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