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Alcibiades: ( c. 450–404 bc), Athenian general and statesman who held commands during the Peloponnesian Wars against Sparta (431–404).
(Religious) Auspices (119): Patronage; support; sponsorship. A favorable sign or propitious circumstance.
Banality (55): Devoid of freshness or originality.
Beatitudes (117): Supreme blessedness or happiness. Any of the declarations of blessedness made by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Used as a title and form of address for a patriarch in teh Armenian Church or a metropolitan in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Bobtailed (101): a docked tail of a horse or dog.
Cadences (141): 1 a modulation or inflection of the voice : the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate. • such a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and ordering of words and phrases in written text : the dry cadences of the essay. • a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence. • rhythm : the thumping cadence of the engines | try to vary your cadence during a run. 2 Music a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase : the final cadences of the Prelude.
Domiciled (6): A place of residence; abode; house or home.
Doxology (148): Christian hymn of praise to God
Expostulated (62) : To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate.
Gumption (165): shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness : she had the gumption to put her foot down and head Dan off from those crazy schemes.
Hypatia (214): (c. 370–415), Greek philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. She was the head of the Neoplatonist school in Alexandria and was famous for her eloquence and learning. She was murdered by a mob of Christians incited by Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria.
Impalpable (72): Not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
Imprudent (102): Lacking discretion. (ill-advised, indescreet, tactless, unwise)
Liturgical (43): Of or pertaining to formal public worship or liturgies.
Mazurkas (168): Lively Polish dance; a Polish national dance, similar to the polka.
Meddlesome (103): Given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.
Perfunctorily (92): Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial.
Solicitous (21): To be Anxious or concerned.
“Sulky” (105): Marked by or given to sulking; sullen. Gloomy or Dull.
Timorously (107): Full of fear; fearful. subject to fear; timid.
Parsonage (126): a church house provided for a member of the clergy.
Parishioners (143): an inhabitant of a parish, esp. one who belongs to or attends a particular church.
Quizzical (151): (of a person's expression or behavior) indicating mild or amused puzzlement : she gave me a quizzical look.
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