Everyman+Vocabulary

=Everyman=

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allegory an extended metaphor as a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one; a symbolical narrative In Everyman, for example, abstract ideas like good deeds and strength are represented as people named Good Deeds and Strength

alms good deeds

baleys whip

book of count literally is a "book of account": the same as a book of reckoning

book of reckoning  the book in which, in Christian doctrine, all a person's sins and good deeds are recorded

cousin in medieval English, not the same as the modern version: it is a more general term meaning "member of the same family"

dialogue conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc

drama a play for theater, radio, or television

dramatis personae the characters or a list of characters in a play or story

dread <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(medieval English) fear

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">fain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(medieval English) glad

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">fellowship <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">friendship, company

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">forsake <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">desert, leave behind, run away from

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">Job <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a character in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God even when tested with severe hardship and misfortune

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">Kind <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(in medieval English) kindred, family, blood relations

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">kindred having related feelings or perspective, almost as with family; alike or similar

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">moral concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">morality play an allegorical play in which the characters personify abstract qualities or concepts (as virtues, vices, or death

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">mortal a human being subject to death, often contrasted with a divine being.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">mystery cycle a collection of mystery plays in a single manuscript meant to be performed sequentially

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">mystery play dramas that usually have biblical themes depicting such characters as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">personification to give the abilities of people, such as speech, to objects or animals

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">pilgrimage a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">prosopopoeia (personification) a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">quick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(medieval English) alive

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">reckoning <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">a <span class="deftext" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished “a day of reckoning” is a time of judgement

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">redemption the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.; atonement for guilt

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">repentance deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like; regret for any past action

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">respite a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">reverence deep respect for someone or something

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">richesse <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(medieval English) riches, wealth

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">sacrament an important Christian ceremony (such as baptism or marriage)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">salvation deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">seven deadly sins seven behaviors that are considered the worst things to do

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">sin transgression (breaking) of divine law

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">speech prefix the abbreviated name of a character in a play written or printed before each of his speeches in the play

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">summon authoritatively or urgently call on (someone) to be present, especially as a defendant or witness in a law court

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">tapster <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">an inn keeper, pub owner or tavern keeper

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">timorous <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">nervous, frightened, shy

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">treatise <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a long consideration of a certain subject in depth

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">unkind <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(medieval English) undutiful

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">vice immoral or wicked behavior; evil habit or practice

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">virtue behavior showing high moral standards;