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Social studdies test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |