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"The leaders of the Christians had met together at Mr. Smith's parsonage on the previous night."

what I thought:
house, temple

Parsonage- a church house provided for a member of the clergy

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"To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence."

what I thought:
worshipping people

Idolatrous- treating something or someone as an idol

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"When a man blasphemes, what do we do?"

what I thought:
does wrong in the eyes of them

Blasphemes- speak irrelevantly about God or sacred things

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"with the clan a year later by killing the sacred python, the emanation of the god of water."

what I thought:
consequence

Emanation- an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source

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"The image of an efulefu in the language of the clan was a man who sold his machete and wore the sheath to battle."

what I thought:
a man seen as bad

efulefu- worthless men in the eyes of the community.

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"Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, brought in a pot of sweet wine tape from the raffia palm."

what I thought:
a type of tree

raffia- a palm tree of Madagascar, with large, pinnate leaves. fiber from its leaves, used as string or woven into baskets.

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"Was it not on an Eke day that they fled  into Umuofia?"

what I thought:
a special holiday

Eke day- The Igbo week has four days: Eke, Oye, Afo, and Nkwo.

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"It was a full gathering of umuada, in the same way as they would meet if a death occurred in the family."

what I thought:
all of his daughters

umuada- daughters who have married outside the clan.

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"'It is a female ochu.' And he arranged the requisite and sacrifices."

what I thought:
a crime, relating to what Okonkwo did

female ochu- Crimes are divided into male and female types. Okonkwo's accidental killing of Ezuedu's son is considered manslaughter and therefore a female crime.

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"Okonkwo was well received by his mother's kinsmen in Mbanta."

what I thought:
someone that you are related to

kinsmen- a man who is one of a person's blood relations.

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"It was the ekwe taking to the clan."

what I thought:
an instrument

Ekwe- a drum

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"some were great orators who spoke for the clan;"

what I thought:
leaders, speakers

orators- a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled.

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"She has iba."

what I thought:
a disease

iba- fever, probably related to malaria.

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"Okonkwo's friend, Obierika, was celebrating his daughters uri."

what i thought:
marriage

uri- ritual in which the suitor presents palm-oil to everyone in the bride's immediate family, her relatives, and her extended group of kinsmen.

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"Ekwefi could now discern the figure of the priestess and her burden."

what I thought:
figure out, view

discern- perceive or recognize something.

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"They painted their bodies with red cam wood and drew beautiful patterns on them with uli."

what I thought:
paint

uli- a liquid made from seeds that make the skin pucker; used for temporary tattoo-like decorations.

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"There was a loud murmur of approbation from the crowd."

what I thought:
agreement

approbation- approval or praise

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"Large crowds began to gather on the village ilo as soon as the edge had worn off the sun's heat"

what I thought:
the grounds of the village, center of town

The Village Ilo- where the village people gather for sports, discussions, and many other events

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"One of these days your jigada will catch fire on your waist, and then you will know."

what I thought:
belt, type of clothing worn

Jigada- strings of hundreds of tiny beads worn snugly around the waist.

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"It was a brief resting period between the exacting and arduous planting season"

what I thought:
difficult, hard

arduous- involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

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"But he was struck, as most people were, by Okonkwo's brusqueness in dealing with less successful men."

what I thought:
blunt, abrupt

brusqueness- abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

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"The thick dregs of palm-wine were supposed to be good for men"

what I thought:
jugs, bowls

dregs-the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment or grounds

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"each stroke is one hundred cowries."

what I thought:
money, a form of dollars

cowrie-shells of the cowrie, a kind of mollusk related to snails and found in warm seas, formerly used as currency in parts of Africa and southern Asia

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"Sometimes another village would ask Ukonka's band and their dancing egwugwu to come and stay with them and teach them their tunes."

what I thought:
performers, musicians

egwugwu- a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village