St. Patrick (vocabulary)

bishop - biskup

noun - a high priest

captivity - zajetí

noun - the state of being a prisoner or a slave

capture - zajmout

verb - to take somebody prisoner

convert - konvertovat, změnit víru, změnit náboženství

verb - to change one's religion

curse - prokletí, kletba

noun - magical words that bring bad luck to someone; a kind of magic that brings you bad luck

drown - utopit, utopit se

verb - to die by being underwater and unable to breathe, to let somebody die in this way

Druid - druid

noun - a Celtic priest

establish - založit

verb - to set up or start an organisation, company etc.

Holy Trinity - Svatá trojice

noun - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

native - rodný, rodilý

adjective - belonging to a place by origin, being born in a particular place and belonging to it

pagan - pohanský

adjective - of a religion that worships many gods (esp. the kind of a religion that existed before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism etc.)

patron saint - patron

noun - a holy person who is supposed to be the defender of a country or nation

shamrock - jetelový trojlístek, trojlístek

noun - the three-leafed stem of a clover plant (also a symbol of Ireland)

slavery - otroctví

noun - the system in which people owned slaves

venomous - jedovatý (např. had)

adjective - very poisonous (esp. of snakes, scorpions etc.)