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Predecessor - The person who had a job before the current holder.
Lavish - Spending more money than is reasonable.
Abrahamic - The religions (including Christianity, Islam and Judaism) that recognise Abraham as part of their faith.
Messiah - The promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
Imperial - Relating to an empire.
Indigenous - Ethnic groups who are the original or earliest-known inhabitants of an area or country: for example, Native Americans in the USA.
Colonial - When a region or country is controlled politically by another.
Allegory - A story or poem that has a hidden moral or political meaning.