alsirat (Ar.), the bridge across mid-hell to the Mohammedan paradise.

alter ego (L.), one's second self: a friend, a representative.

alter idem (L.), another precisely similar.

alter ipse amicus (L.), a friend is another self.

alternis vicibus (L.), in alternative turns.

alternum tantum (L.), as much more.

altesse (Fr.), highness;—alteza (Sp.);—altezza (It.).

althing (Norse), the former supreme court of Iceland.

altum silentium, (L.), profound silence.

amabilis insania (L.), a pleasing delusion.