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9 Cards in this Set
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Wergild
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Amount paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she had injured or killed.
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Ordeal
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Determining guilt in Germanic law, based on the idea of divine intervention
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Bishopric
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A group of Christian communities under the Bishop's rule
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Pope
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Head of the Roman Catholic church, bishop of Rome
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Monk
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Separates himself from ordinary human society just to dedicate himself to God.
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Monasticism
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Practice of living the life of a monk
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Missionary
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A person sent out on a mission to spread their religious message
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Nun
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Woman who separates herself from society to dedicate herself to God
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Abbess
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Head of a convent
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