"Pehlevi" is a word in ENGLISH

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in …

One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

The levelers in the reign of Hen. I., who acknowledged no head or superior. Leges H. 1; Cowell. Also certain …

A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly …

A century; the period of one hundred years.

A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, …

A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss.

A collection of sea-laws, compiled about the end of the eleventh century, by the people of Amalphl. It consists of …

The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the …

A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, …

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.

A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced …

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, …

A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical …

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.