elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
Catholic; Catholicism; Catholic Church
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
woman; lady; adult female
repentance; confession; penitence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
meeting hall; assembly hall
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
to fall ill; to be taken ill
this world; this life; world of the living
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
millennium; millennial kingdom (of Christ)
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
the ten precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880 novel by Lew Wallace, several films)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers