fractious (en)

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

immanence (en)

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

mediated (en)

intervened with, through an intermediary

parochial (en)

relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

parochial (en)

relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

vicissitudes (en)

(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs