Abacination. to blind by placing hot irons, or metal plates, in front of the eyes.

abacinations. to blind by placing hot irons, or metal plates, in front of the eyes.

Abacinations. to blind by placing hot irons, or metal plates, in front of the eyes.

abaddon. Possibly the planet Mercury, but a more hellish, other-dimensional place seems implied. Literature: used in Revelation as the name of “the angel of the bottomless pit” from a Greek word for “destroyer,” and applied by Milton to the abyss of hell itself.

Abaddon. Possibly the planet Mercury, but a more hellish, other-dimensional place seems implied. Literature: used in Revelation as the name of “the angel of the bottomless pit” from a Greek word for “destroyer,” and applied by Milton to the abyss of hell itself.

abaia. A lord of the Other People, Abaia is one of the great monsters of Urth. Myth: (Melanesian) a giant magic eel inhabiting the waters of a lake in the South Pacific, Abaia became angry when an old woman caught fish in his lake, so he sent a deluge. Only an old woman who had eaten of the magic fish escaped.

Abaia. A lord of the Other People, Abaia is one of the great monsters of Urth. Myth: (Melanesian) a giant magic eel inhabiting the waters of a lake in the South Pacific, Abaia became angry when an old woman caught fish in his lake, so he sent a deluge. Only an old woman who had eaten of the magic fish escaped.

ablegate. History: an envoy of the papal see who brings a newly appointed cardinal his insignia of office.

Ablegate. History: an envoy of the papal see who brings a newly appointed cardinal his insignia of office.

abraxas. History: Gnostic god identified with both Mithra and Jehovah, called “Our Father” and “Lord of Hosts” in the early Christian era. Like Mithra, Abraxas represented “the 365 Aeons,” 365,000 years allotted to the present world’s life span (based upon the Hindu idea that one god year equals 1,000 man-years). Through the Medieval Period, Abraxas was a favorite deity of several heretical sects. He is usually depicted with the torso and arms of a man, the head of a cock, and serpents for legs.

Abraxas. History: Gnostic god identified with both Mithra and Jehovah, called “Our Father” and “Lord of Hosts” in the early Christian era. Like Mithra, Abraxas represented “the 365 Aeons,” 365,000 years allotted to the present world’s life span (based upon the Hindu idea that one god year equals 1,000 man-years). Through the Medieval Period, Abraxas was a favorite deity of several heretical sects. He is usually depicted with the torso and arms of a man, the head of a cock, and serpents for legs.

abscititious. [presumably “ab-skih-TIH-shus”] Latin: abscido, “to tear off, wrench away”; transferred into “to divide or separate.”

Abscititious. [presumably “ab-skih-TIH-shus”] Latin: abscido, “to tear off, wrench away”; transferred into “to divide or separate.”