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Church Medieval
6th grade Role of Church in Medieval Europe ch 3
Question | Answer |
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PERSECUTE | To cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs |
MONASTERY | A community of monks |
MONK | A man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service to a monastery |
CLERGY | The body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church |
EXCOMMUNICATE | To formally deprive a person of membership in a church |
SACRAMENT | A solemn rite of Christian churches |
PILGRIMAGE | A journey to a holy site |
RELIC | An object considered holy because it belonged to or was touched by a saint or other holy person |
CONVENT | A community of nuns; also called a nunnery |
NUN | A woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church |
REHTORIC | The study of persuasive writing and speaking |
THEOLOGY | The study of God and religious truth |
NATURAL LAW | The concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking |
MONASTICISM | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith |
RELIGIOUS ORDER | A brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns, or friars |
FRIAR | A memeber of a certain religious order devoted to teaching the works of charity |