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colonnade
At the New Yorker

To whom do we assign this colonnade or that vestibule?

—p.21 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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mandarin

the fiercely mandarin Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes

I knew it had something to do with Chinese bureaucrats but wasn't sure of the adjectival meaning

—p.18 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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coterie

These works "cannot reach more than the limited coterie of aesthetes".

Quoting Anthony Blunt

—p.13 The Cleric of Treason (13) by George Steiner
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thrall

Elias Canetti described the true writer as "the thrall of his time"

—p.10 Introduction by Robert Boyers (1) by Robert Boyers
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tenebrous

"with the tenebrous incense of the oracular"

quoting Steiner

—p.9 Introduction by Robert Boyers (1) by Robert Boyers
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