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tenfold

ten times as great or as numerous

artisan

worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making objects by hand

emigrate

to leave ones own country in order to settle permanently in another

liberal

willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from ones own, open to new ideas

libel

a published false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation, a written deformation

amity

a friendly relationship

mercantile

relating to trade or commerce, commercial

persecution

hostility and ill treatment, especially based on ethnicity, religion, or political beliefs

benign

gentle and kindly

penitence

the action or feeling or showing sorry and regret for having done wrong

democratize

to introduce a democratic system or democratic principles to

sovereignty

a supreme power or authority

politic

seeming sensible and judicious under the circumstances

itinerant

traveling from place to place

treatise

a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

sect

a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong

theology

the study of the nature of God and religious belief

stucco

fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or molding into architecural decorations

proprietary

relating to an owner or ownership

confederation

an organization which consists of several parties or groups united in an alliance or league