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Inflation   rapid price increases  
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pious (piety)   religious, devout  
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clergy (cleric, clerical)   priests etc  
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Papacy (papal)   the institution of the Pope  
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Schism   division (usually in religious belief)  
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Heresy (heretic, heretical)   a belief that goes against the Catholic Church's teaching  
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Parliament   a representative body of government  
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Lay (laypeople, laity)   people who aren't clergy  
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secular   of this world, not religious  
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excommunicate   kick out of the Church (which means going to hell)  
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Scripture   holy texts (the Bible)  
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penance (penitent/repent/repentance)   to ask forgiveness for sins  
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theology/theological   the study of religion  
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purgatory   in Catholic doctrine, a temporary "hell" where one pays for one's sins  
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peasant   lower class person who lives in the countryside; a farmer  
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noble/aristocrat   upper class person, usually with a title (the Duke etc)  
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tithe   "tax" paid to the Chruch  
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monastery   where monks live and work  
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urban   city  
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rural   countryside  
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vernacular   spoken language (not Latin)  
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mercantile   adjective form of "merchant"  
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oligarchy   system in which a small number of powerful men or families are in control  
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Pontificate (Pontif)   era in which a Pope is in power (ex: the Pontificate of John Paul II lasted from 1978 to 2005)  
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pagan   related to pre-Christian, nature-based religion  
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