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Social studdies test
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 in a monastery. |
Clergy | The body of people,such as priests,who preform 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 women who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church. |
Rehetoric | 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 member of a certain religious order devoted to teaching and works of charity. |
University | A school of advanced learning. |