Notes

Vocabulary:

  • Cloister: a covered walk in a convent
  • Locutory: a room for conversation
  • Guimpe: a high-necked blouse
  • Inimical: tending to obstruct or harm
  • Breviary: a book containing the service for each day
  • Chemise: a dress hanging straight from the shoulders
  • Initigation: the action of reducing the severity, seriousness
  • Spasms: a sudden involuntary muscular contraction
  • Vows: a solemn promise
  • Martyrs: a person who is killed because of their religious beliefs
  • Psalmody: the singing of psalms or similar sacred controls
  • Vault: a roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches
  • Sanctity: the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly
  • Scrupulously: in a very careful and thorough way
  • Postulants: a candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order
  • Novices: a person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation
  • Chorister: a member of a choir
  • Egregious: outstandingly bad; shocking
  • Aspergillum: an implement for sparkling holy water
  • Shroud: a length of cloth or an enveloping garment
  • Frolicked: play and move about cheerfully; excitedly

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