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
