Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
Sheltering.
A defender.
A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
An agreement that governs the procedures used to exchange information between cooperating entities and usually includes how much information is to be sent, how often it is sent, how to recover from transmission errors and who is to receive the information.
The earliest victim in any cause.
The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetablecell.
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.
To prolong.