Rites of Passage: a glossary

audaciousrecklessly daring
Chamberlain, AustinWas briefly leader of the Conservative party in 1921 and served as foreign secretary under Baldwin.
Chamberlain, NevilleConservative MP holding many Cabinet posts, including Prime Minister. Is most associated with the inter-war policy of appeasement.
CharlemagneKing of the Franks and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne ruled Western Europe in the early ninth century.
CorinithiansChapter in the Bible containing the letters of Paul to the Corinthians.
Dean and Chapterthe governing body of a Cathedral
defilementto sully, make unclean or unfit
encroachto go beyond proper limits
Hooker, Josepha botanist and close associate of Charles Darwin, Hooker also became a Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
immoralitynot in accordance with standards of right
incorruptiblenot subject to decay or being corrupted
Laws of the Twelve Tablesthe earliest attempt by the Romans to draw up a Code of Law. The laws were recorded on bronze tablets hence the name.
Macdonald, Ramsay JamesLabour MP, and first Labour Prime Minister, in the Cabinet of 1924. Also Prime Minister in second Labour government of 1929 and leader of the National Government, 1931
municipallocal authority
omnipotentunlimited power or authority
Platonistaccording to the beliefs of Plato
repugnantcausing disgust
sanctifiedto make holy
sanitationremoval of sewage, making something sanitary
sentimentfeeling
Snowden, PhilipLabour MP, was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first Labour government, 1924, second Labour government of 1929 and the National Government of 1931