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Vocab for Ch.3
Vocabulary words for chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A journey to a holy site. | Pilgrimage |
| An object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or an other holy person. | Relic |
| A community of nuns also called a nunnery. | Convent |
| A woman who takes a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church. | Nun |
| The study of persuasive writing and speaking. | Rhetoric |
| The study of God and religious truth. | Theology |
| The concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking. | Natural Law |
| A way of life in which people withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to faith. | Monasticism |
| A brotherhood or sisterhood of monks nuns or friars. | Religious Order |
| To cause a person to suffer because of his/her beliefs. | Persecute |
| A community of monks. | Monastery |
| A man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in monastery. | Monk |
| The body of people such as priests who perform the sacred functions of a church. | Clergy |
| To formally deprive a person of membership in a church. | Excommunicate |
| A solemn rite of Christian churches. | Sacrement |
| A member of a certain religious order devoted to teaching and works of charity. | Friar |