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20 Cards in this Set
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bull(s): papal bulls: 10
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An official document issued by the pope and sealed with a bulla; The bulla used to seal such a document
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saffron: 19
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an orange-colored condiment consisting of its dried stigmas, used to color and flavor foods
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relic 23
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an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past
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shrive: shrift: 61
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w/ an object
To hear out the confession of (a person)/ To grant absolution to (a person)/ To impose penance on (a person) |
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yokel: 66
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An unsophisticated country person
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cupidity: 74
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eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something
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pelf: 75
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money or wealth, esp. when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means
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bawd: 183
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A prostitute
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gaud: 184
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A showy instrument or trinket
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lascivious: 220
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inclined to lustfulness
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stertorous: 227
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characterized by heavy snoring
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privy: 351
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participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to)
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publican: 361
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The keeper of a pub; Any collector of taxes, tributes or the likes
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pallor: 416
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unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death
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miscreant: 513
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A disbeliever; heretic/ Disbelieving; heretical
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perdition: 528
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a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation
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groat: 625
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a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662
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fundament: 630
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the buttocks/ a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation
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bollock (spelled ballock) 632
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one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
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reliquarium: 633
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a repository or receptacle for relics
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