Vocabulary Review Set #13

What does the term Mormaer refer to?

• A religious journey undertaken for a spiritual motive

• A traditional story that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people

• A ruler of any of seven provinces in Celtic Scotland

• A holiday commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt

What is the primary purpose of a pilgrimage?

• To mark by some ceremony or observation

• To journey for a religious motive, often to a specific sacred place

• To commemorate historical events

• To gather at one point like the flowing together of two streams

Which word means to call to remembrance?

• Disparate

• Commemorate

• Influence

• Transcendent

What does disparate mean?

• A traditional story explaining a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon

• Markedly distinct in quality or character

• A coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point

• Exceeding usual limits

Passover is a holiday that commemorates which event?

• The flowing together of two or more streams

• The journey undertaken for a religious motive

• The Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt

• A traditional story that has grown up around something or someone

What is the definition of confluence?

• A traditional story of ostensibly historical events

• A coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point

• A ruler of any of seven provinces in Celtic Scotland

• Exceeding usual limits

What does the word myth refer to?

• A holiday commemorating an important historical event

• A coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point

• A usually traditional story that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people

• A ruler of any of seven provinces in Celtic Scotland

Which word best describes something that is extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience?

• Influence

• Myth

• Disparate

• Transcendent

What does the term hierarchy refer to?

• A) A system of organization where each element is superior to the one below

• B) A type of government where all power is held by a single ruler

• C) A method of classification based on chronological order

• D) A religious belief system centered around the worship of a hierarchy

Which of the following best defines secular?

• A) Pertaining to religious or spiritual matters

• B) Related to the worldly or temporal affairs

• C) A term used to describe a type of soft fabric

• D) A form of government ruled by a deity or religious figure