to imprison, make captive

abstaining, negligence, dilatoriness, backwardness

tying fast or strongly, knitting together

nodulation

box for holding papers or envelopes

the Divine decree, fate, destiny, luck, fortune, predestination

reversal of words in a sentence or verse that changes the meaning

marrying a couple (by reading or reciting the marriage formula)

the act of trying one's luck

of or relating to fate, destiny

(law) presenting one claim first among many others

lucky, fortunate, blessed

before time

to be unlucky, the time not be favorable

leading the way because of being a noble and an elder

vagueness in expression, the use of a word which means something else to the poet but gives a different meaning to the palace

purity, holiness, sanctity, piousness

fall on evil days, luck to desert

try one's luck

to be lucky

leave all things upon fate, trust on fate

holy, sacred, (as title) his or her holiness

priority, precedence (in time, order or rank), pre-eminence

divine decree, writing on the wall, lot, fate

perversity of fate, adversity

luckily, fortunately