Medieval Europe Vocabular

A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs.

• firth

• fjord

• estuary

• armlet

The everyday spoken language of a region.

• vernacular

• provincialism

• regionalism

• localism

A Catholic worship service.

• mass

• baptism

• confirmation

• sermon

Peasant tied to a manor.

• servant

• slave

• laborer

• serf

Warrior in armor on horseback.

• noble

• champion

• knight

• lord

The study of religious faith.

• theology

• faith

• theism

• belief

Customs that knights followed.

• courage

• courtesy

• chivalry

• courtliness

A person who spreads the faith.

• advocate

• missionary

• campaigner

• priest

The study of religious faith

• fief

• kingdom

• province

• realm

Ideas that go against Church teachings.

• heterodoxy

• blasphemy

• heresy

• monotheism