ordinations regulations, laws.
sumptuary laws laws set up by the colony concerning expenses for personal items like clothing.
plebeian order the commoners.
emolument profit that comes from employment or political office.
a rich, voluptuous, Oriental characteristic the gorgeous, exquisite, exotically beautiful.
contumaciously disobedient stubbornly resisting authority.
talisman anything thought to have magic power; a charm.
