absconce

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• absconce — lantern used in monasteries and night offices Ecclesiastical Terms …   Phrontistery dictionary

• absconce —   n. Roman Catholic, dark lantern used in night offices …   Dictionary of difficult words

• abscons — abscons, onse [ apskɔ̃, ɔ̃s ] adj. • 1509; lat. absconsus « caché » ♦ Didact. Difficile à comprendre. ⇒ abstrus. Un langage abscons. « Un article où je suis pris à partie comme exemple de ces écrivains “abscons” dont la France ne veut “à aucun… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Ecclesiastical Terms — Christianity is an institution of extraordinary duration and complexity (not to mention insularity) and, over the past 2000 years, has developed its own extensive vocabulary that is largely incomprehensible to laypersons. This surprisingly large… …   Phrontistery dictionary