absit omen (L.), may there be no ill omen (as in a word just used)!
absolvi meam animam (L.), I have relieved my mind.
abuna, the primate of the Abyssinian Church: a Nestorian priest.
ab uno disce omnes (L.), from one learn all: from one example you may know the rest.
ab urbe conditâ (L.), from the founding of the city—i.e. Rome, 753 B.C.
abusus non tollit usum (L.), abuse does not do away with use—i.e. an abuse does not forfeit the legitimate use of a thing.
a capite ad calcem (L.), from head to heel.
accablé (Fr.), depressed, overwhelmed.
accessit (L.), he came near.
accueil (Fr.), reception, welcome.