Yea /(yā [or] yē; 277)/

Yea

adv.
  1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
    Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.
    — Matt. v. 37.
  2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
    I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
    — Phil. i. 18.

Yea

n.
  1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.