Divination
Noun: the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
Bedouins
Noun: nomadic Arab peoples who lived in bands in the Arabian Peninsula's desert
Conquistador
Noun: 15th-16th century Portuguese and Spanish soldiers, so named because they conquered their enemies
Simun
Noun: a wind-born sandstorm
Moorish
Adjective: relating to the Moors, the Arab/Berber Muslim people who arrived from Northern Africa and conquered Spain in the 8th Century
Sirocco
Noun: a wind that blows from the oceans over the land, bearing moisture
Seminary
Noun: school, especially one in which students study to become priests
Scarab
Noun: a beetle used in Egyptian art as a symbol of the after-life or of God; seen as lucky charms or omens among Egyptians
Scimitar
Noun: very sharp knives with curved blades
Coptic
Noun: an Egyptian form of Christianity
Disinter
unbury, reveal
Impetus
Encouragement, goad
Crook
The curved stick used by a shepherd
Infidels
Unfaithful ones or nonbelievers
Levanter
A wind that comes from the Eastern end of the Mediterranean, near Turkey, which is sometimes called the Levant
Sacristy
A room in a church used to store sacred vessels for communion
Scabbard
The metal case used to hold a sword
Alchemy
A medieval philosophy and science with the goal of changing common metals into gold, finding a universal cure for illness, and discovering methods of halting the ageing process to prolong life
Capricious
Given to whimsical decisions, unpredictable
Prognostications
Predictions, statements telling of the future
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