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  • latthacio:—lathing work.
  • laitrinum, lattunum:—latten.
  • latunatus:—made of latten.
  • latunum:—latten.
  • laturia:—a book containing the Litany.
  • latus:—a sidesman.
  • laubia:—a porch, a gallery.
  • laudare:—to arbitrate.
  • laudator:—an umpire.
  • laudes:— Psalms 148, 149, 150.
  • laudum:—an award.
  • lavandaria:—a laundry; a lavatory.
  • laratorium:—a lavatory; a laundry; sometimes used for piscina.
  • laxa:—a leash.
  • laxis:—an implement used in cookery.
  • laya:—a wild sow.
  • lecator:—a person of bad character, a lecher.
  • leccacitas:—lechery.
  • leccator:—a lecher.
  • lechia:—rushes or sedge.
  • lecia:—a leash.
  • lecteria. See litera.
  • lectica:—litter for cattle.
  • lectio:—a lesson.
  • lectionarium:—a book containing lessons, composed by St. Jerome; or the epistles read at mass.
  • lectis:—a brother's daughter.
  • lectisternium:—bedding; a mattrass.
  • lectoratus:—the office of reader, one of the minor orders.
  • lectorium:—a reading-desk; a lectern.
  • lectrinum. See lectorium.
  • lecturire.—to lecture.
  • lecturium. See lectorium.
  • leda:—a lathe, a division of a county.
  • ledo, ledona:—tide.
  • lega:—alloy. See also leuca.
  • legalitas:—status as a lawful man; jurisdiction.
  • legamannus:—a lawful man, or man of law.
  • leganria. See ligancia.
  • legatarius:—legatary; a legatee; a legate.
  • legatia:—legation; the district over which a legate has jurisdiction.
  • legatus a latere:—a legate sent by the Pope with the amplest authority.
  • legatus natus:—a legate in ordinary, an archbishop or bishop possessing legatine authority in his diocese.
  • legenda:—a book containing the lessons for church service, or the lives of saints.
  • legia:— the hanging part of the ear.
  • legiosus:—litigious.
  • legius. See ligeus.
  • legrewita:—a fine for adultery.
  • lemniscus:—a label (heraldic).
  • lenga:—a ling (asellus longus).