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Byzantine Vocabulary
legacy of Byzantium
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Architecture | the art of designing buildings |
| Byzantine Empire | surviving part of the Roman Empire with capital in Constantinople |
| Commerce | buying and selling goods on a large scale |
| ExCommunication | official order that prevents a person from membership and protection of the church |
| Hagia Sophia | Largest church in the Christian world. Located in Constantinople, it was considered an architectural and engineering wonder; because of its size, scale and use of dome architecture. |
| Heresy | opposing opinions against official church beliefs |
| Icon | a picture or image of a religious person or idea |
| Iconoclast | people who disagree with the usage of icons in worship |
| Justinian code | a set of laws, rewritten by the emperor Justinian |
| Mosaic | a picture made from bits of colored glass, stone or gem. |
| Orthodox | supported or accepted as tradition. following the traditional way of doing things |
| Patriarch | the bishop of Constantinople. Leader of the Church in the East |
| Pope | the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the west |
| Public Works | Construction projects paid for by the government for the use of the citizens (bridges, schools, roads, etc..) |
| Schism | a split with a religion |
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Mr. Talbot
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