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TCI 3
The Role of the Catholic Church
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| persecute | to cause a person to suffer because of their 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 perform 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 |
| convent | a community of nuns |
| nun | a woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church |
| relic | an object considered holy because it belonged to a saint or other holy person |
| cathedral | a larger and more impressive church; visible expression of Christian devotion |
| 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 |
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