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Lahore

A city in British India, now the capital of the modern-day province of Punjab in Pakistan

overlaid

To have covered the surface of (something) with a coating.

idolatry

The worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were God.

lama

A Buddhist priest or monk.

pariah

A member of a low caste in southern India.

guttural

Being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable

pedigree

An ancestral line or lineage.

cryptic

Having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious.

rupees

The basic monetary unit of British India.

dropsy

A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

abbot

The superior of a monastery for men

portended

To give an omen or anticipatory sign of.

chaplain

A clergyman officially attached to a branch of the military, to an institution, or to a family or court.

scapular

A long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit.

abacus

An instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves.

entrain

To draw along with or after oneself.

front

A line of battle.

mirth

Gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter.

insolence

The state of being insultingly disapproving in speech or in conduct.

depredation

To lay waste; plunder, ravage.

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