Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.

UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.