MIDDLE AGES (3) Religion

Gothic architecture

• statues and doric, ionic and corinthian-style columns

• domes, arches, and columns

• underground temples, obelisks and statues

• stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires and pointed arches

excommunicate

• a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

• a difficult or painful experience; a trial

• exclude from a church or religious community

• the spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another

ordeal

• a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

• a difficult or painful experience; a trial

• exclude from a church or religious community

• the spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another

cultural diffusion

• a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

• a difficult or painful experience; a trial

• exclude from a church or religious community

• the spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another

pilgrimage

• a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

• a difficult or painful experience; a trial

• exclude from a church or religious community

• the spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another

mass

• the form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion

• a place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God

• a thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint

• container where religious relics are stored or displayed

monastery

• the form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion

• a place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God

• a thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint

• container where religious relics are stored or displayed

relic

• the form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion

• a place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God

• a thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint

• container where religious relics are stored or displayed

reliquary

• the form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion

• a place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God

• a thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint

• container where religious relics are stored or displayed

cathedral

• church officials who perform religious services (priests, bishops, ministers or rabbis)

• believed to be closer to God than most; believed to perform miracles during or after life

• attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis

• large, important church headed by a bishop; in the shape of a cross