by Thomas Hardy
em Reason for existence (French).
en Reference to Agamemnon (458 B.C.), a tragedy by the Greek playwright Aeschylus.
eo Sacerdotalism is a religious belief emphasizing the power of priests as mediators between God and man.
ep Reference to the Bible, Mark 15:38.
eq In Greek mythology, Rhadamanthus is one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
er A reference to the river Acheron in Hades; Jude and Sue are walking like ghosts in the gloom of Hades.
es From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:5.
et A horse-drawn vehicle.
eu Embroidered nightgowns.
ev Merrymaking, celebrating.
ew Drunken; having a drinking bout.
ex From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:3.
ey A drunken version of the Church of England’s marriage service.
ez Strangest (dialect).
fa Also known as Capernaum, a city that appears throughout the Bible and where Jesus teaches in Mark 2; the term has come to mean a place of darkness and confusion.
fb Restive, obstinate (dialect).
fc The feast of the archangel Michael on September 29.
fd In Greek legend, daughter of Oedipus; heroine of the tragedy Antigone (442 B.C.), by Sophocles.
fe Two pieces of dialect: Un-ray means “undress”; jumps are “stays” in a corset.
ff Remembrance Day, the last day of the academic term at Oxford.
fg Boat races at the end of May in which the object is to bump other boats and become “Head of the River.”