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spanish provincial governor
alcalde mayor
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divinity, image or figure representing divinity
anito
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amulet that confers spiritual power or protection
anting- anting
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under the chruch bells
baja de la campana
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boatland of kin and dependencies led by a data; a 10 to 100 household settlement; village or city district
barangay
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spiritual ritualist
baylan
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large town with church and resident friar
cabecera
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barangay chief, usually former data
cabeza de barangay
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local political boss
cacique
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spirit ritualist
catalonan
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paper carried by persons subject to tribute serving as identification
cedula personal
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spiritual conquest
conquista espiritual
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tax on earnings
contribucion industrial
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friar's residence
convento
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polo duty felling timber and shipbuilding
cortes de madera
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Spaniard born in the Philippines or America
Criollo
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title for a leader of a small settlement; big man
datu
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spiritual power of the sultan; sovereignity
daulut
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divinity, image of figure representing divinity
diwata
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right granted by Spanish king to collect tribute and draft labor within a defined area and responsibility to provide protection and spiritual instruction
encomienda
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"little governor" indio official above cabeza de barangay
goberbadorcillo
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enlightened one
illustrado
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Muslim prayer leader
imam
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renter- lessor of friar lands
inquilio
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"struggle" or :striving", in political sense must be defensive or right a wrong
jihad
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an illegal lottery
jueteng
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hereditary datu class
maginoo
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hereditary warrior class
maharlika
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network of personal loyalty among leaders, centered on a man of prowess, a form of early Southeast Asian polity
mandala
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pacto de retroventa
"agreement of repurchase", land mortgage
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panglima
district official below datu
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parian
district where Chinese were supposed to reside
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Spanish born in Spain
peninsulares
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plaza mayor
open square in cabecera
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poblacion
town smaller than a cabecera
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local elite under Spanish rule comprised of current and past officials, ex-datu, and wealthy Chinese mestizo
principalia
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rajah
Hindi-Malay title for ruler
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reduccion
resettlement of native population from scattered settlements into cabecera and visitas for conversion to Christianity and collection of tribute
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one who returns to the mountains
remontado
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timawa
hereditary warrior class
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trapo
"dishrag," traditional politician
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outlying settlement with a chapel
visita
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