ASB

Abbreviation for:
asymptomatic bacteriuria
anencephaly-spina bifida
antisocial behaviour (Medspeak-UK)
arylsulphatase B

References in periodicals archive

When they made their vows in 1991, both insisted on the traditional ceremony rather than the more popular 1980 Alternative Service Book which puts less pressure on a couple to have children.

'Wedding was all the consent I need to have Stephen's baby'

Not to be overlooked is the way the campaign for women's ordination has coincided with moves to update the liturgy (including the Lord's Prayer), something that has stirred vigorous controversy before and since the publication of the Church of England's Alternative Service Book in 1980 and, indeed, since the introduction of the Roman Mass in the vernacular in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.

Our mother, which art in heaven?

But the debate is likely to reveal again the divisions between those who favour keeping the traditional wording and those in favour of the Alternative Service Book.

Give us this day our new daily prayer

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