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Chapters 1 and 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| compatriots | fellow countrymen |
| edict | official statement; law |
| expound | to set forth in detail |
| firmament | the sky, or heavens |
| hermetically | completely sealed; airtight |
| pestilential | filled with disease; contagious |
| phylacteries | small boxes containing scripture; worn by some Jewish men for daily prayer |
| pillage | to rob with open violence |
| premonition | anticipation of an event, usually negative, even without actual warning |
| truncheon | a police officer's stick |