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Reading Terms (A Door in the Wall) Flashcards

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Putrid

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Foul-smelling

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Motif

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A word or phrase reapeted Throughout the work, to portray an idea

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Stocks

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An instrument of punishment using a framework with holes for securing the ankles and sometimes the wrists

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Pallet

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A mattress stuffed with straw

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Habit

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A traditional religious garment like the monks robe

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Hospice

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A house of shelter or rest for pilgrims often kept by a religious order

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Devotions

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Prayers

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Breviary

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The prayerbook

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Plain song

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The chants The monks sing

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Pilgrims

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Not to be confused with the early settlers Of The United States, these Pilgrims are Travelers, usually on a religious journey to a shrine or holy place.

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Prior

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Head of The monastery

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Almonry

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The place where the poor recive food and clothing like a charity

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Refectory

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The dining hall in the monastery

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Our Lady

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The Virgin Mary

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Scriptorium

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The place where books are kept read and copied by the monks

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The midnight office

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The prayer service at Midnight

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Trundle cart

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A small cart like a wheelbarrow

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Acrid

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A sharp biting taste or smell

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Orion

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A constellation named for a hero in Greek mythology

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Tonsured

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Shaved head like monks

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Minced words

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Expression meaning moderate or restrained language

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Lectern

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A bookstand or place to place notes when giving a speech

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Missal

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A book of religious songs and prayers

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Weir

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A barb like structure that to a dog’s fur or a person’s sock or pants

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Chantry

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A chapel

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Scarlet

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A shade of red

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Cassok

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A loose-fitting garment worn by members of the clergy

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Cotta

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A loosefitting brought sleeve white vestment worn over the cassok by clergy and choristers

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Sanctus

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A hymn being “ Holy, holy, holy,Lord God of hosts… “

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Verger

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A church official

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Pilgrimage

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A long journey, sometimes religious, usually in search of something

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Faggots

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A bundle of twigs

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Cutpurses and roisters

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Thieves and individuals acting in a rowdy manner

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Butter cross

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A place produce was sold often marked by a monument

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Ruffians

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Lawless people

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Good wife

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Title of Respect for a woman, mistress of a household

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Slatternly

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Untidy

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Noggins

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A small mug or cup

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Hag

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Ugly old woman

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Befuddled

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Oaf

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A clumsy person

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Granary

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Storehouse for grain

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Farthing

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A coin of small value

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Gown

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A long loose garment worn by a student or professor

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Tunic

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A gownlike outer garment

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Calvacade

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caparison

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A ornamental covering for a horse

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Bearbaiting

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A “sport” of teasing bears with dogs

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Abbey

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A monastery under the supervision of an abbot

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Flagons

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Large drinking vessel

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Pease porridge

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A cooked dish of peas

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Bannock

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A flat, ussually un leavened, bread made of oatmeal or barley flour

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Siege

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A blockade by the enemy to keep necessary supplies from reaching those under attack to starve them out

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Tracery

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Delicate, interlacing work of lines

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Seven league boots

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Fairytale boots that take the wearer seven leagues (approximately 21 miles) in one step.

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Flageolet

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A small flutelike instrument.

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Largess

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Farrier

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A blacksmith.

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Flambeaux

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A flaming torch.

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Table board and TRESTLES

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A board placed over to sawhorse shaped supports for dining, which could be easily unassembled.

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Breach

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To break through.

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Fripperies

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Something travel or nonessential.

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Personification

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Giving a inanimate object a human like characteristic

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Monastery

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A place where monks live

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Refectory

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A room used for communal meals especially in an educational or religious institution

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Foreshadowing

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A warning or indication of a future event

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Rising action

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Episodes in a story that move the plot along

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Larder

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A supply of food

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Garrison

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A body of troops.

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Yeoman

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A servant or attendant.

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Mutton

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Meet from a sheep.

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Retainer

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A caretaker or servant.

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Ewer

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A pitcher.

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Smock

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A garment used to protect clothes while working.

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Stores

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Supplies of food and household items

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Benedicite

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An expression meaning bless you

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Clod

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A clump of dirt

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Haunch

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Leg,thigh,hip, or buttock of humans or animals

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Treacherous

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Dangerous or unstable.

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Bracken

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Fern or area overgrown with ferns.

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Cotter

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A person occupying land and a cottage

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Drover

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A person who drives cattle or sheep to market.

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Sacriston

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A church official.

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Curfew

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( in medieval times ) The ringing of the bell at a fixed hour in the evening as a Signal for covering or extinguishing fires.

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Sentry

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Viol

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A bowed musical instrument.

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Yule log

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A large log traditionally burned in a fireplace at Christmas.

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Royal colors

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A coat of arms using particular colors and designs to indicate which royal family was represented in battle, As it would be difficult to tell one armored knight from another. The Standardisation and recording of these coats of arms became known as heraldy.

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Brazen

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Shameless or made of bronze

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Storied

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Recorded or celebrated in history

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Pomp

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Magnificent Or a showy display

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Wretched

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Very uncomfortable or miserable

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Refuse

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Something that is discarded, worthless, or rejected

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Temptest-tost

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Those who have been through storms

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