The Lady's Not for Burning Glossary

by Christopher Fry

The Lady's Not for Burning Glossary

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Cabbalistic

Secretive and mysterious

Cherubim

An angelic figure

Conscienceless

Not displaying a conscience

Correlation

Two things that are closely connected/related

Damnation

In Christianity, a punishment in which a person is banished to hell for eternity.

Firmament

The sky/heavens

Hermaphrodite

A person that was born with both male and female sex organs

Placid

(A person that is) even-tempered

Rakish

(A person that is) dashing

Seraphim

An angelic being (in Christianity)

Vacuo

(Something that exists) in a vacuum

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