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Mrs. Love AP English IV

1. Soutane- a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priest

Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze,

and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.

2. Rector- a person authorized to conduct religious worship

Then at the door of the castle therector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze,

and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.

3. Refectory- a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)

Rody Kickham had greaves in his number and a hamper in the refectory.

4. Sodality- people engaged in a particular occupation

On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated scroll, the certificate of his prefecture in the college of the sodality of the

Blessed Virgin Mary.

5. Singlet- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

Against the walls stood companies of barbells and Indian clubs; the dumbbells were piled in one corner: and in the midst of

countless hillocks of gymnasium shoes and sweaters and singlets in untidy brown parcels there stood the stout leather-

jacket

6. Surd- a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords

Do you mean to say that you are not able to tell me what a surdis?

7. Sacristy- a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held

Then he said secretly: --You know the altar wine they keep in the press in the sacristy?

8. Monstrance- (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for

adoration

Perhaps they had stolen a monstranceto run away with and sell it somewhere.

9. Rheum- a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)

He wore about his shoulders a heavy cloak; his pale face was drawn and his voice broken with rheum.

10. Cultus- a system of religious beliefs and rituals

The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolizing her royal lineage, her

emblems, the late-flowering plant and late-blossoming tree, symbolizing the age-long gradual growth of her cultus among

men.

11. Quay- wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

He passed unchallenged among the docks and along the quays wondering at the multitude of corks that lay bobbing on

the surface of the water in a thick yellow scum, at the crowds of quay porters and the rumbling carts and the ill-dressed

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Mrs. Love AP English IV

12. Moiety- one of two (approximately) equal parts

He saw himself sitting at his table in Bray the morning after the discussion at the Christmas dinner table, trying to write a

poem about Parnell on the back of one of his father's second moietynotices.

13. Languor- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

The sentiment of the opening bars, their languor and supple movement, evoked the incommunicable emotion which had

been the cause of all his day's unrest and of his impatient movement of a moment before.

14. Esplanade- a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

He was for Ireland and Parnell and so was his father: and so was Dante too for one night at the band on

the esplanade she had hit a gentleman on the head with her umbrella because he had taken off his hat when the band

played GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

15. Pedagouge- someone who educates young people

Stephen, though in deference to his reputation for essay writing he had been elected pedagouge to the gymnasium, had

had no part in the first section of the programme but in the play which formed the second section he had the chief part, that

of a farcical.

16. Tepid- moderately warm

He crouched down between the sheets, glad of their tepidglow.

17. Palate- the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

But he did not relish the hash for the mention of Clongowes had coated his palatewith a scum of disgust.

18. Scut- a short erect tail

I know why they scut.

19. Simoom- a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoomcoming from afar.

20. Catechism- an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

Then you can ask him questions on the catechism, Dedalus.