Plenipotentiary
Diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent
his government.

Presbyterian
Church governed by elected elders.

probity
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness.

proconsular
Provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Empire.

pusillanimity
Cowardice.

recusant
One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social
penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend
services of the Church of England. Dissenter; a nonconformist.

Sabine (River)
River flowing into the Gulf of Mexico just East of Houston, Texas.

sagacity
Discerning, sound in judgment, farsighted; wisdom.

Silesia
Region of central Europe in southwest Poland and northern Czech
Republic.