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17 Cards in this Set
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persecute
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to cause a person to suffer beacuse of his or her beleifs
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monastery
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a community of monks
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monk
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a man who taken a solemn vow to devote his life prayer and service in monastery
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clergy
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the body of people, such as priests, who perform sacred functions of a church
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excommunicate
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to formally deprive a person of membership in a church
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sacrement
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a solemn right of Christian churches
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pilgramage
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a journey to a holy site
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relic
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an object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by a saint, or holy peeson
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nun
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a woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church
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university
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a school of advanced learning
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rhertoric
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the study of persuasive writing and speaking
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theology
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the study of God and religous truth
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nautral law
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the concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide miral thinking
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monasticism
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a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselfs to there faith
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religious order
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a brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns , or friars
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friars
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a memeber of a certain religous order devoted to teaching and works of charity
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illumanated manuscript
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a handwritten book decorated with bright colors and precicious medals
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