Kyoto is Born

京都古城的規模只是唐代長安的三分之一。

courtier: one in attendance at a royal court

ascendancy: governing or controlling influence

de facto: actually

statehood: the condition of being a state

salvation: Christian Science : the realization of the supremacy of infinite Mind over all bringing with it the destruction of the illusion of sin, sickness, and death

rite: a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony

pageant: an ostentatious display

ostentatious: attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation

courtly: politely

monumental: highly significant

commission: an authorization or command to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts

gravitas: high seriousness

clergy: the official or sacerdotal class of a non-Christian religion

sacerdotal: of or relating to priests or a priesthood

inauspicious: unfortunate

fortress: a structure or place from which one can resist attack

embodiment: a visible representation of something abstract

Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others

geomancy: divination by means of figures or lines or geographic features

divination: the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers

vogue: popular acceptation or favor

grid: a network of uniformly spaced horizontal and perpendicular lines (as for locating points on a map)

prototype: an original model on which something is patterned

willow: any of a genus (Salix of the family Salicaceae, the willow family) of trees and shrubs bearing catkins of apetalous flowers and including forms of value for wood, osiers, or tanbark and a few ornamentals

thoroughfare: a way or place for passage

allot: to assign as a share or portion