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senior/ˈsiːnjə(r)/ /ˈsinjɚ/
An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
jihad/dʒəˈhɑːd/
A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
old sweat/oʊld swɛt/
(chiefly WWI) An experienced soldier.
renascence/ɹɪˈnas(ə)ns/
A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.
archives/ˈɑːrkaɪvz/ /ˈɑːrkɪvz/
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
prehistory/ˌpriːˈhɪstəri/ /ˌpriːˈhɪstri/
(properly) History before written records, inclusive of both
bluestocking/ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ/ /ˈbluːˌstɑːkɪŋ/
A member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society
dioceses/ˈdaɪəsɪːz/ /ˈdaɪəsɪs/
Administrative division of the later Roman Empire, starting with the tetrarchy.
pelycosaur/ˌpɛlɪkoʊˈsɔr/
Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.
vici/ˈviːsiː/
A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.