people; citizens; subjects; folk
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
appearance; expression; manifestation
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
proclamation; dissemination; promulgation
devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism
religious history; history of religion
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
modern person; people of today
to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane
to distribute; to hand out
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
Gospel of Matthew (book of the Bible)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
party; set; gang; company; person
point of an argument; drift of an argument
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with