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DEY Governor of Algiers.

FARO Card game in which the players bet on which card the dealer will turn up. The players are called punters.

FAUBOURG City district, or suburb.

GALLEY Sailing ship powered by oars. Criminals were often sentenced to row in the galleys.

IMAM Muslim religious leader or holy man.

INCAS Members of a highly developed Peruvian Indian culture, conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century.

JANIZARIES (also Janissarier) Turkish soldiers, especially the members of the sultan's guard.

KNIGHTS OF MALTA Military religious order, founded in the 12th century, noted as both soldiers and builders of hospitals.

LEAGUE Unit of measurement for distance. Varies from country to country, approximately 2 1/2-4 1/2 miles.

LEVANTINE From the Levant, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean.

LOS PADRES Spanish for "the fathers"--that is, the Jesuits.

MUFTI Interpreter of Muslim religious law.

ORIGINAL SIN Belief that as the result of Adam's sin all people are tainted with sin.

PAROLIGNAC, MARQUISE OF From the French "paroli," to double one's bet at cards.

PIASTERS Unit of currency in Turkey and other areas of the Middle East. Also refers to Spanish coins.

PROPONTIS Sea of Marmara, in Turkey.

PUNTERS See Faro.

QUARTERINGS Divisions of a coat of arms or shield indicating noble ancestry.

QUOITS Ring toss game, like horseshoes.

SERAGLIO Harem or a sultan's palace.

SUFFICIENT REASON Principle of Leibniz's philosophy that justifies the existence of things in the form in which they are. The ultimate sufficient reason, for Leibniz, is God.

THEATINE Member of a Catholic religious order, founded in Italy in 1524.

TRANSYLVANIA Area of Romania, at one time an independent state.

TUCUMAN City and province in northern Argentina.

VIZIER High government official in Muslim countries.