comprehensible (iou) and Ave Maria (iou)

comprehensible (iou)

comprehensible adjective. L15.
[French comprehensible or Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehens- pa. ppl stem of comprehendere: see COMPREHEND, -IBLE. Cf. earlier INCOMPREHENSIBLE.]
That may be understood; conceivable, intelligible. (Foll. by to.) L15.
That may be included, contained, or comprised. E16.
comprehensi'bility noun M18.
comprehensibly adverb M18.

Ave Maria (iou)

Ave Maria interjectional & noun phr. . ME.
[Latin = hail, Mary!: see AVE.]
The angel's greeting to the Virgin Mary combined with that of Elizabeth (cf. Luke 1:28 & 42), used as a devotional recitation; the prayer to the Virgin as Mother of God beginning with these words; a recitation of this devotional phrase or prayer. ME.
(The time of) the ave-bell. L16.

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