[287] Aduana	the customs house
Alcabalá	sales tax imposed by the Crown
Alcaicería	the silk and silver quarter of the city
Alcalde mayor	a chief judicial officer of the city government
Alguacil mayor	head sheriff
Alhóndiga del pan	granary or warehouse for storing wheat, flour, bread
Almojarifazgo	import duty
Alumbrados	mystical sect of Christians who believed union with God was possible without a priestly intercessor
Animero	beggar who received alms in exchange for praying for souls of the dead
Arroba	wet measure equal to 2.6 to 3.6 gallons, and a dry measure of about 25 pounds
Asistente	noble appointed by the Crown to head the city council
Audencia	judicial court of nobles appointed by the Crown
Auto de fé	ceremony for penancing people convicted by the Inquisition
Avería	export duty to raise money for defending the fleets going from Spain to the New World
Beata	holy woman, often too poor to enter convent
Blanca de carne	sales tax on meat sold in the city
Botica	small pharmacy or shop
Botija	large cask for shipping wine or oil
Calle	street
Cambio	an exchange
Cantonera	street walker or prostitute
Casa de Contratación	royal agency to control trad eand colonization with the New World
Cazuela	literally a stewing pan; popularly used to describe the women's section in the theater
Censo	mortgage on land
Cofradía	religious fraternity
Congregado	pious laymen who allied with priests against brothels
[288] Consulta	opinion, usually a recommendation to the Crown from a council
Conversos	Jews who had converted to Christianity
Corral	open courtyard
Corrida	tournament, including bull-fighting and jousting by nobles
Cortes	parliamentary body of representatives from major cities
Coto	enclosed land; used by the underworld to refer to hospitals and cemeteries
Cruzada	tax on the Church, originally imposed by the Crown to finance the Crusades and the Reconquest
Doncella	girl of marriageable age
Escarramán	a traditional dance adapted to liturgy, representing the "abortions of Hell"
Escribano	lawyer or scribe
Faena	task
Familiares	lay officials of the Inquisition
Fuero	local right or privilege recognized by the Crown
Fulidor	burglars who used small accomplices to crawl through small openings and open houses for them from the inside
Gente de hampa	ruffians and street people
Gente de mal vivir	bad people
Germanesca	derived from vagabonds and street people
Golondrero	thief who masquerades as a soldier
Guardia Civil	federal police force imposed to restore order in rural areas of Spain and still famous for their patent leather hats
Hacera	row of houses sharing common sides
Hermandad	brotherhood or fraternity
Hidalgo	noble; hidalguía is the granting of nobility
Hospital	common house caring for the sick, abandoned, disabled, and poor; note that it is more than a "hospital" as the word is used in English
Joya	jewel or gift
Jurado	representative elected from the parishes to the city council
Juro	loan, often made to the Crown and purchased as a bond
Limpieza de sangre	"purity of the blood," a principle that certain offices and privileges should be reserved for Old Christians, or those people whose families had not intermarried with converted or unconverted Jews and Moors
Mal frances	syphilis
Maravedí	coin of rather small value (See appendix I)
Millones	royal sales tax, originally 0.1 percent
Morisco	Christianized Moor
Mozito	youth, younger or smaller than a mozo, also a youth
Mozos de cuerda	day-laboreres, especially in the port
Mujeres perdidas	"lost women" or prostitutes
Pastorcillos	underworld term describing sharpened sticks
[289] Pecado nefando	homosexual offense, usually sodomy
Pelota	a ball, but used by underworld people to describe women or a bag of money
Pendon Verde	a green banner captured from the Moors and a symbol of local pride
Pícaro	a rogue, usually clever and dishonest
Plebe	common people
Portero	prison trusty who took new prisoners to their cells and had access to prison keys
Postura	official price ceiling on food
Pragmática	interpretation of the law, often a royal decree
Pregonero	town crier who called out public announcements and also sold secondhand belongings
Quadrilla	gang or small group of armed men
Real	silver coin usually worth about 34 maravedís
Regaton	street retailer
Regente	chief justice of the royal judicial court and also the king's highest minister in Seville
Romance germanesca	ballads derived from the oral tradition of vagabonds and street people
Romería	a religious pilgrimage to a rural shrine
Sabia	wise woman or folk practitioner who gave advice, prepared potions, administered medical treatment
Saludador	folk healer
Sanbenito	penitential garment worn by people penanced by the Inquisition, usually a long, one-piece robe and conspicuous conical hat
Santa Hermandad	Crown-sponsored body chargeed with enforcing law and order and putting down local feuds
Seises	stately dance still performed before the high altar of the cathedral on certain high feast days
Teniente	assistant
Tercia real	one third of the tithes gathered by the Church in Castile, which was given by the Church to the Crown
Tercio	military unit composed of pikesmen, cavalry, infantry, and artillery
Tratadista	economic essayist, often xenophobic, blaming Spain's declining position on the failure to develop and protect native industry and agriculture
Veinticuatro	one of the oligarchy of Seville, originally twenty-four nobles
Vito	loud music used like the charivari to embarrass offenders of social customs
Zarabanda	traditional dance that became part of religious celebrations but was later banned as too scandalous