3. habeas corpus The legal requirement that imprisoned people be brought before a judge and given reasons for their imprisonment
4. inscrutable : not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood :mysterious <an inscrutable smile>
5. magistrate : an official entrusted with administration of the laws; a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions
6. manifest : readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight; obvious
7. non-conformity : absence of agreement or correspondence; failure or refusal to conform to an established church
8. persecution : the condition of being persecuted, harassed, or annoyed
9. repression The act of being restrained or held down politically or socially
10. seditious : rebellious; disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition (incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority)
11. theology : the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially: the study of God and of God's relation to the world
12. tolerant : inclined to tolerate; especially: marked by forbearance or endurance (putting up with)