Cluster: group
Strip: long piece
Barren: not fertile
Subsistence farming: farming for self-sufficiency
Clergy: Christian ministers
Abolish: eradicate, end
Commonwealth: British-controlled territories
Restricted: limited
Accommodate: provide lodging
Coat of arms: heraldic shield
Wil: testament
Endowed: academia: funded by a donation
Bequest: legacy, [sth] left in a will
Goldsmith: craftsperson working with gold
Trust: an organization that controls property and/or money for another person
Merchant: a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amounts, especially by trading with other countries
Rood: crucifix
Insurrection: uprising
Relic: i) religious memento
- ii) object of historical significance
Influx: mass arrival
Plague: disease
Infected: contaminated
Gangrene: decay of body tissue
Swollen: abnormally expanded
Gland: an organ of the body or of a plant that secretes (= produces) liquid chemicals that have various purposes
Groin: the place where the legs meet the front of the body
Banish: exile, force to leave
Drain: empty
Βubo: swollen lymph node
Rupture: break
Burial pit: hole in the ground where people are buried
