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1. A person who believes in the equality of all people
precedent
monasticism
egalitarian
medieval
2. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
positivism
secular
advent
3. Incapable of being solved or untangled
sect
inextricable
maritime
adept
4. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
ethnocentric
harem
maritime
affiliation
5. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
venerate
fealty
status
6. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
congregate
manifestation
medieval
deity
7. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
matrilineal
deity
adherents
adept
8. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ideology
positivism
ethnocentric
lineage
9. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
morality
patrilineal
suppressed
uniformity
10. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
adept
sect
scorn
11. Devotion and reverence to God
garrison
primogeniture
inextricable
piety
12. Someone Who is drafted into military service
morality
theocracy
fuse
conscript
13. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
advent
positivism
ethnocentric
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
patronage
papacy
mystic
ethnocentric
15. Believers - followers
adherents
subordinate
lineage
secular
16. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
vigor
fuse
scorn
17. A god or goddess
pluralism
affiliation
status
deity
18. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
paramount
investiture
matrilineal
status
19. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
mortality
hinterland
eunuchs
ideology
20. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
pastoral
mortality
theocracy
21. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
conscript
textiles
fealty
22. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
harem
monasticism
maritime
23. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
egalitarian
fuse
monopoly
paramount
24. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
despot
mystic
conscript
positivism
25. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
mystic
status
innate
mortality
26. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
faction
morality
inevitable
despot
27. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
mystic
advent
imperial
28. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
positivism
congregate
subordinate
papacy
29. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
deity
secular
precedent
affiliation
30. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
faction
evangelize
heretic
hastened
31. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
eradicate
piety
pagan
abdicate
32. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
evangelize
pastoral
congregate
patrilineal
33. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
suppressed
fuse
monopoly
34. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
eunuchs
positivism
subordinate
35. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adherents
innate
classical
primogeniture
36. Death rate
primogeniture
fealty
manifestation
mortality
37. Strength - energy
scorn
faction
vigor
fealty
38. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
lineage
ethics
decadent
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
investiture
manifestation
lineage
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ideology
scorn
puritanical
paramount
41. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
heretic
mortality
subordinate
innate
42. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
medieval
maritime
imperial
43. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
papacy
morality
eradicate
despot
44. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
congregate
manifestation
nationalism
scorn
45. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
fuse
lineage
vigor
maritime
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
despot
ideology
fuse
pluralism
47. Code of morality
ethics
monasticism
lineage
abdicate
48. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
hinterland
maritime
patrilineal
49. To stop; delay - hinder
congregate
monasticism
forestalling
ideology
50. Predicted; foretold
sedentary
autonomy
secular
prophesized
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