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History Vocabulary Chapter 2

Terms

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natural law
the concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking
relic
an object considered holy because it belongs to, or was touched by a saint or other holy person
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
persecute
to cause a person to suffer because of his/her beliefs
university
a school of advanced learning
clergy
the body of people, such as priests, who preform the sacred functions of a church
friars
a member of a certain religious order devoted to teaching and works of charity
pilgrimage
a journey to a holy sight
convent
a community of nuns; also called a nunnery
sacrament
a solemn right of Christian churches
monastery
a community of monks
rhetoric *
the study of persuasive writting and speaking
theology
the study of God and religious truth
excommunicate *
to formally deprive a person of membership in a church
illuminated manuscript
a handwritten book decorated with bright colors and precious metals
religious order
a brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns, or friars
nun
a women who has taken solemn vow to devote her life to prayer and service to a church
monk
a man who has taken solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery

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