surround, encircle, go round, encompass

and if not then, otherwise, or else

emptiness, desolation, loneliness, ruin, depopulation, destruction, dilapidation, desert place

deserted, desolate place, lonely

wilderness, desolation

wilderness, wasteland, deserted place, ruins, emptiness, desolation, loneliness

agony, ache

have a turn, get an opportunity

to draw near, to approach

to dedicate or commit oneself completely to or on someone

to be ready to lay down one's life, to sacrifice life

sectarian, communal

class and category

professional, concerning profession, vocational

ruin of one's home