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ETHNOLOGY

a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures

The meaning of the word ethnology is a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures.

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devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
nomenclaturename
proletariana member of the proletariat
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment