Arroba—Measure containing thirty-two pints.
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'We lost our lovely Sion; we also lost our Spain, that nest of consolation.
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Buleros—One charged with distributing crusading bulls and collecting alms for them.
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: In 1897 an Act was passed "to colonise derelict land in Spain."
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Man of God.
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Highwaymen.
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: Ochavo—small Spanish brass coin, value two maravedis.
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The kings of Spain are canons of Toledo Cathedral, and are fined in case of absence on festival days.
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Tizona—name of the Cid's sword.
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Contraction of vuestra merced—your worship.
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Ecclesiastical court.
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Virile—small box with double glass in which the Host is exhibited.
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Priest's housekeepers—like laurels—never have any fruit, because they are evergreens.