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One word substitute is Pilgrim. Hermit: a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. Pilgrim: a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. Saint: a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death. Mendicant: given to begging.

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One word substitute is Pedantic. Pedantic: excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous. Ornate: elaborately or highly decorated. Verbose: using or expressed in more words than are needed. Pompous: affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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One word substitute is Aristocracy. Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Bureaucracy: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives. Autocracy: a system of government by one person with absolute power. Aristocracy: a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.

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One word substitute is Chaperon. Spinster: an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage. Matron: a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other institution. Chaperon: an older woman responsible for the decorous behaviour of a young unmarried girl at social occasions. Chandler: a dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats.

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One word substitute is Legislature. Court: a body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases. Tribunal: a body established to settle certain types of dispute. Bar: a counter in a pub, restaurant, or cafe across which drinks or refreshments are served. Legislature: the part of government which is concerned with making of rules.

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One word substitute is Demography. Geography: the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities. Anthropology: the study of human societies and cultures and their development. Topography: the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. Demography: the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

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One word substitute is Kleptomania. Schizophrenia: a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. Claustrophobia: extreme or irrational fear of confined places. Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit. Megalomania: obsession with the exercise of power.