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Religion Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christendom | The cultural and political atmosphere that came into existence during the High Middle Ages in Europe when nearly everyone was Catholic and Catholicism influenced every aspect of people's lives. |
| Cruciform | The shape or form of a cross. |
| Crusades | Holy wars. To free the holy land from the Muslims. |
| Crux | Means Cross. |
| Exocommunication | a severe penalty imposed by the church for serious sins against the catholic religion, it brings exclusion from participation in the sacramental life of the church. |
| Feudalism | A society strictly organized by the social class. |
| Friar | Men who did their work out in the world rather than in a monastary. |
| Lay Investure | Illict practice by secular leaders to invest or empower a church leader with authority. |
| Mendicant | similar to friars who worked out in the world and beggers because they depended on others for their needs. |
| Pilgrimage | a journey to a shrine or other holy place for spiritual and devotional reasons. |
| Simony | the buying and selling of spiritual things, spiritual service, or church offices. |
| Transubstantiation | Changing the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. |