Saint Joan

Saint Joan Glossary

Affliction

Suffering

Apparitions

Visions or spirits

Abstemious

Tending to eat or drink only in small amounts

Assessors

Judges

Bourgeoisie

Families and individuals who are not land-owners but who make money through professional occupations such as banking, law, or medicine. They could range from middle-class to quite high-class and tended to be well-educated.

Cassock

A garment worn by a priest

Celestial

Heavenly or godly

Chivalry

Good manners, especially courtly treatment of women

Contemplation

Deliberation or thoughtful reflection

Consternation

Worry or distress

Contemptuously

Disapprovingly

Coronation

The ceremony of crowning a Queen or King

Eccentric

Unusual or unexpected

Ecclesiastical

Religious; related to the ceremonies and practices of an official church

Endured

Tolerated

Excommunication

The act of someone being cast out from an official religion; they will no longer be seen as a member of the community and will be forbidden from participating in religious rituals

Fatalistically

Accepting of all events as part of fate and destiny.

Imperil

Put in danger

Implacably

Cold-heartedly

Implication

Suggestion or hint

Impudence

Rudeness or disrespect

Incorrigible

Stubborn or unwilling to change

Incredulous

Unbelieving or skeptical

Magisterially

Showing or having great authority

Mendacious

False

Obscure

Difficult to understand

Penance

Self-punishment or atonement

Personages

Someone who is very important or has elevated position

Turret

Tower

Usurping

Seizing power from a rival

Welter

Confusion

Worthies

Important people

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