The Legend of Tea - syn

emperor

monarch / ruler

ruler

leader / sovereign

patron

sponsor / supporter

far-sighted edicts

visionary decrees / forward-looking orders

hygienic precaution

sanitary measure / health safeguard

realm

kingdom / domain

court

royal household / palace circle

in accordance with

in line with / in compliance with

servant

attendant / aide

bush

shrub / thicket

infused into

soaked into / blended into

spread throughout

disseminate across / extend throughout

missionary

evangelist / religious envoy

priest

cleric / monk

religious meditation

spiritual meditation / meditative practice

sponsorship

patronage / backing

monastery

abbey / convent

elevated

raise / exalt

grant

bestow / confer

citizenship

nationality / civic status

graduate

progress / develop

signify

represent / indicate

supremely

exceedingly / exceptionally

graceful

elegant / refined

manner

style / way

purity

cleanliness / refinement

prompt

stimulate / trigger

duplication

replication / imitation

forest cottage

woodland cabin / rustic house

corrupted

degraded / tainted

boisterous

rowdy / unruly

embellished

ornamented / decorated

nobles

aristocrats / elites

armor

protective gear / battle wear

totally alien to

completely foreign to / incompatible with

trade route

commercial route / trading path

domain

sphere / territory

volume of sale

sales quantity / sales volume

back and forth

repeatedly / alternately

scholarly

academic / intellectual

controversy

dispute / debate

craze for

obsession with / fad for

oriental

Eastern / Asian

social critic

commentator / analyst

make the first mention

first refer to

inn

lodge / tavern

tavern owners

pub proprietor / innkeeper

furnish

supply / equip

portable

mobile / lightweight

heating unit

heater / warming device

exotic

foreign / unusual

colonist

settler / pioneer

acquiring the colony

gaining control of / annexing

settlement

community / outpost

put together

combined / assembled

sea-faring nations

maritime nations / naval powers

sample

specimen / example

tea mania

tea craze / tea obsession

sweep across

spread rapidly across / overrun