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| defenestrate | to throw (a person or thing) out of a window. |
| regicide | the killing of a king. |
| guillotine | a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution. |
| sans-culotte | a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats referring to peasants' poor quality pants, but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries. |
| gothic | noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils. |
| Napoleonic | pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I or, less often, Napoleon III or their dynasty |
| enlightenment | a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine. |
| Bohemian | a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices. |
| Utopia | an imaginary island described by Sir Thomas More (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc. |
| schism | division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties. |
| Byzantine | characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, especially for the gaining of political power or favor |
| indulgence | a partial remission of the temporal punishment, especially purgatorial atonement, that is still due for a sin or sins after absolution. |
| cabotage | navigation or trade along the coast. |
| primogeniture | the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents. |
| Roundhead | a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short). |
| blitzkrieg | blitz |
| Spartan | suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere. |
| rococo | a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc. |
| Balkanize | to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. |
| defenestrate | to throw (a person or thing) out of a window. |
| regicide | the killing of a king. |
| guillotine | a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution. |
| sans-culotte | a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats referring to peasants' poor quality pants, but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries. |
| gothic | noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils. |
| Napoleonic | pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I or, less often, Napoleon III or their dynasty |
| enlightenment | a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine. |
| Bohemian | a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices. |
| Utopia | an imaginary island described by Sir Thomas More (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc. |
| schism | division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties. |
| Byzantine | characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, especially for the gaining of political power or favor |
| indulgence | a partial remission of the temporal punishment, especially purgatorial atonement, that is still due for a sin or sins after absolution. |
| cabotage | navigation or trade along the coast. |
| primogeniture | the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents. |
| Roundhead | a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short). |
| blitzkrieg | blitz |
| Spartan | suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere. |
| rococo | a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc. |
| Balkanize | to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. |
