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1. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
inextricable
affiliation
paramount
2. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
harem
sedentary
hierarchy
ethnocentric
3. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
positivism
stratify
ethnocentric
deity
4. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
eunuchs
mortality
eradicate
5. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
venerate
papacy
theocracy
6. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
fuse
monopoly
theocracy
7. Philosophy
positivism
uniformity
matrilineal
pagan
8. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
uniformity
theocracy
venerate
9. Death rate
monopoly
papacy
maritime
mortality
10. Code of morality
ethics
despot
fuse
medieval
11. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
egalitarian
manifestation
garrison
hastened
12. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
patronage
monasticism
patrilineal
uniformity
13. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
fuse
faction
harem
adept
14. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
status
patrilineal
inevitable
patronage
15. Belief in government run by religious leaders
adept
hastened
manifestation
theocracy
16. To stop; delay - hinder
adept
forestalling
medieval
faction
17. Incapable of being solved or untangled
concubine
aristocracy
fuse
inextricable
18. Woven materials; cloth
morality
subsequent
textiles
synthesis
19. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
ecclesiastic
garrison
eunuchs
synthesis
20. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
advent
evangelize
positivism
21. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
mortality
morality
synthesis
sovereignty
22. Philosophy
stratify
status
forestalling
positivism
23. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
patrilineal
heretic
paramount
aristocracy
24. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
mortality
heretic
hastened
concubine
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
scorn
sect
subordinate
synthesis
26. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
nationalism
positivism
affiliation
investiture
27. To give up power
indigenous
abdicate
uniformity
medieval
28. Devotion and reverence to God
suppressed
ethics
piety
deity
29. A way of life in Which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith; living life as a monk
imperial
inevitable
monasticism
eunuchs
30. Someone Who is drafted into military service
sect
conscript
venerate
investiture
31. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
eunuchs
mortality
puritanical
subordinate
32. Strength - energy
advent
subordinate
vigor
medieval
33. Devotion and reverence to God
suppressed
ethnocentric
piety
congregate
34. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
inextricable
papacy
monopoly
adept
35. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
papacy
pastoral
secular
classical
36. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
theocracy
primogeniture
synthesis
hierarchy
37. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
classical
hastened
vigor
ideology
38. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
garrison
piety
39. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
inextricable
eradicate
ethics
fuse
40. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
mortality
synthesis
sect
primogeniture
41. Mistress
garrison
monasticism
ethnocentric
concubine
42. Believers - followers
paramount
adherents
garrison
lineage
43. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
imperial
deity
primogeniture
sedentary
44. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
fuse
morality
paramount
45. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
scorn
precedent
maritime
46. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mystic
faction
vigor
stratify
47. A belief - principle - or teaching
pagan
inevitable
paramount
doctrine
48. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
eradicate
sovereignty
doctrine
maritime
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
subsequent
hierarchy
vigor
venerate
50. A remote and undeveloped area
precedent
hinterland
maritime
autonomy
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