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How the First Human was Born
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Pagan:
Heathen or unenlightened person engaging in festivals or rituals previously thought to be unenlightened.
Palmer:
1. Pilgrim returning from the holy land with palm branch or leaf. 2. Travelling monk under a vow of poverty.
Parliament:
The assembly that makes a countries laws.
Parliamentarians:
Those who supported Cromwell during the English Civil War in the 17th Century.
Particles:
Very small pieces.
Path:
1. Foot way or tract. 2. Way forward (such as in finding the right path).
Patrolmen:
A person whose job it is to patrol - travel regularly over an area in order to guard it.
Pedlar:
Travelling seller of small wares usually carried in a pack.
Penny:
British bronze coin.
Perplex:
Bewilder, puzzle or confuse.
Persecution, Persecuted:
Be continually cruel to somebody, especially because you disagree with his or her beliefs.
Phantom:
1. An apparition or spectre 2 .A form without substance or reality mental illusion
Phenomena:
A thing that occurs over which the cause is in question.
Pilgrimage:
A pilgrim's journey.
Pilgrims:
A person who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.
Pillage:
Carry off goods using force, especially in war.
Pirate:
A person on a ship who attacks and robs other ships or places on the coastline.
Pit:
Natural or manmade whole in the ground, often made by extracting material.
Pixy:
Supernatural being akin to a fairy.
Plunder:
1. To rob a person or place by force, especially during war. 2. The goods that have been carried off by force.
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