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+title: "Definitions"
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+== Definitions
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+These are words or concepts I've come across that I've had to look up.
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+I record the definitions as a memory aid and for reference.
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+Droit du seigneur:: A feudal right said to have existed in medieval Europe giving the lord to whom it belonged the right to sleep the first night with the bride of any one of his vassals
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+Quotidian:: Everyday; commonplace; occuring daily
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+Seraglio:: Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
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+Wabi-sabi:: A Japanese philosophy often described as appreciating the beauty in imperfection
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