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introits
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a hymn or psalm sung when the ministers enter at the opening of a service, esp. in the Anglican church
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tribulation
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grievous trouble;severe trial of suffering;deep sorrow;misery
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presage
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foreboding, warning
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martyrs
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one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
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temporal
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pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world;worldly
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duplicity
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deceitfulness in speech or conduct;speaking or acting in two different ways concerneing the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing
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malversation
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improper or corrupt behavior in office, esp. in public office.
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caprice
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a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind of the weather;whim
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circumlocution
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a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
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incredulity
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the quality or state of being incredulous; inablity or unwillingness to believe;skeptic, refusal to believe
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pretensions
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a claim or title to something; demeanor of doubtful acceptance
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prognostic
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a forecast or prediction; omen
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chancellor
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the cheif minister of state in certain parliamentary governments
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courtiers
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a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage
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temporal devolution
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the passing on to a successor of an unexcercised right over a period of time; temporary passing of authority
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unaffrayed
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calm, composed, quiet
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engrossed
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occupied exclusively, absorbed
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acrimony
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sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.
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levity
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lightness of mind, character, or behavior, lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness; lack of mental gravity
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viols
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a medieval instrument with six strings and a curved bow
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laity
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the body of religious worshipers, as distinguised from the clergy
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perdition
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state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation; eternal death.
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pretence
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pretending or feigning; make-believe
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barons
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tenants; lowest level of nobility in Britain
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enmity
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a feeling or condition of histility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
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alliance
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a formal agreement or treaty between two or more parties to cooperate for specific purposes
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skein
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360 ft. of yarn or thread wound on a reel
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supplication
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to beseech; to ask; humble prayer; petition
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parturition
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the process of bringing forth young
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faggots
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a bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together
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venial
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able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin
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oblation
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the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist
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Retrospection
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the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past
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sordid
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morally ignoble or base; vile; degraded
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jack
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medieval coat of defense; made with leather
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vassal
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a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service; feudal tenant
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spleen
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ill humor, peevish temper, or spite
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blaspheming
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speaking impiously or irreverently of; speak ill of
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refute
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to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge
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interpose
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to place between; cause to intervene
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see
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the official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop
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anathema
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a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication
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absolve
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to free from guilt or blame or their consequences; to release from obligations
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mendicant
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person who lives be begging; begging friar; depends on alms for living
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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jerboa
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mouse like rodent that is very social, nocturnal, and has large hind legs
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ingurgitation
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to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food
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byre
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a cow shed
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cloister
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a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution
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vespers
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6th in order of canonical hours
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crypt
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a subterranean chamber or vault, esp. one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
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arrogate
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to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate
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bereft
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deprived as of hope or happiness
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libidinous
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full of sexual lust; lustful desires; lewd;
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