 | Term | Definition |
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clergy |
the group of people who have been ordained for religious services |
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excommunication |
the act that deprives someone of membership in the church |
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tithe |
a tenth of one's income contributed voluntarily to the church |
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university |
an institution of higher learning with teaching and research facilities as well as graduate and professional schools |
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schism |
a seperation or division into fractions especially a formal speraation within a Christian church |
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patriach |
the male leader of a family or trib in the Byzantine, the bishop of Constinpole |
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icons |
a picture or representation of a sacred Christian person, itself regarded as sacred |
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infidels |
one who is an unbeliver in Christianity |
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Pope |
leader of the Christian church |
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Cardinals |
second in power to the Pope |
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monastary |
a religous home where monks and nuns lived |
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pilgramage |
a journey to a sacred place |
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caliph |
the civil and religious ruler of a Muslim state |
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mosaic |
a picture or design made from small colored pieces of glass or quartz embedded in plaster |
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Qur'an |
the sacred book of Islam that is believed to contain the revelations made to Muhammad by Allah |
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Shiite |
a member of the branch of Islam that supports the descendants of Muhammad as his rightful succesor |
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Sunni |
a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the validity of the first four caliphs elected as succesors to Muhammad |
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Abu Bakr |
first caliph after death of Muhammad |
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Charlemagne |
Charles the Great; king of the Franks |
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Muhammad |
prophet of Islam, messenger of Allah |
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Allah |
Islamic God |
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Charles Martel |
Franish ruler |
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Fief |
a large feudal estate, particularly in Medival Europe |
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artisians |
craftspeople |
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crusades |
any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians to win The Holy Land from the Muslims |
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guild |
an association of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople or artisians in the Middle Ages |
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