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alderman
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a member of the municpal legislative body
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augmenting
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to make (something already developed) greater
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benefice
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a church office endowed with fixed capital assets
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boisterous
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rough and stormy; violent
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discourse
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to narrate or discuss
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enmity
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deep-seated, often mutual hatred
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envious
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feeling, expressing or characterized by envy
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esteem
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regard with respect
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heretics
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a person who holds controversial opinions
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impute
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to attribute; credit
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invocation
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an incantation used in conjuring
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languish
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to become weak or feeble
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loathed
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to dislike (someone or something) greatly
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obscured
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indistinctly heard; faint
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pernicious
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evil; wicked
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portentous
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foreboding
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posterity
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future generations
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profaners
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those who have irreverence for what is sacred
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purged
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to free from impurities
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transgression
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a violation of a law, command or duty
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