acity
Persistent determination.

Plenipotentiary
Diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent
his government.

Presbyterian
Church governed by elected elders.

probity
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness.

proconsular
Provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Empire.

pusillanimity
Cowardice.

recusant
One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social
penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend
services of the Church of England. Dissenter; a nonconformist.

Sabine (River)
River flowing into the Gulf of Mexico just East of Houston, Texas.

sagacity
Discerning, sound in judgment, farsighted; wisdom.

Silesia
Region of central Europe in southwest Poland and northern Czech
Republic.

sinecure
Position or office that requires little work but provides a salary.

spoliations
Despoiling or plundering. Seizure of neutral vessels at sea by a
belligerent power in time of war.

stivers
Nickel coin used in the Netherlands and worth 1/20 of a guilder (about
0.4 Euros in 2006). Something of small value.

TETE D'ARMEE
Head of the Army.

thrall (thraldom)
Held in bondage; servitude; intellectually or morally enslaved.

tittle
Small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.
Tiniest bit; an iota.

umbrage
Offense; resentment. Something that affords shade or shade itself.
Vague indication; hint.

unction
Anointing as part of a religious, ceremonial, or healing ritual.
Ointment or oil. Something that serves to soothe; a balm. Affected or
exaggerated earnestness, especially in choice and use of language.

Unitarian
Believes in the oneness of God as opposed to the Trinity. Historic
Unitarians believed in the moral authority, but not the deity, of Jesus.
Free thinkers and dissenters, evolving their beliefs by rationalism and
humanism.

usurpation
Usurping, especially the wrongful seizure of royal sovereignty. Wrongful
seizure or exercise of authority. Encroachment.

vicissitudes
Change or variation.

vituperation
Abusive censure. Sustained, harshly abusive language.

votaries
Persons bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
Devout adherents of a cult or religion. Persons fervently devoted to a
leader or ideal; faithful followers. Persons filled with enthusiasm, as
for a pursuit or hobby; e