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| The practice of giving money or food to the poor, particularly as a sign of penance |
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| The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices; the nobility |
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| The doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and extreme abstinence |
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| A person who performs certain actions under legal authority, such as making arrests or serving legal documents |
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One of two opposing factions in the town of Assisi during the list of St.
The bon homines were typically rural landlords |
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| Of or relating to the human body |
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| Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage |
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| Of or relating to the Christian church or its clergy |
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| A person living in solitude as a religious discipline |
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| A man who has taken the vows of a religious order but is not ordained (is not a priest or cleric) and is usually in manual work |
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| Lay members of religious orders, who do not necessarily live in community, but wear the habit and participate in the good works of religious orders |
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| A hospital for people with leprosy |
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| A civil officer or judge who administers the law |
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| A large-scale massacre of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Constantinople by the Eastern Orthodox population of the city in April, 1182 |
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| The denial of bodily passions and appetite by abstinence or self-inflicted pain for discomfort |
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| An extreme interest in oneself and one’s physical appearance; selfishness and vanity |
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| The system of government of the Roman Catholic Church of which the pope is the supreme head |
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| An act that is performed to show sorrow or repentance for sins |
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| The quality of being religious |
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| The journey made to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion |
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One of two opposing factions in the town of Assisi during the list of St.
The bon popolo were typically urban merchants |
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| Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| A condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world |
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| Of or pertaining to worldly thing or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual or sacred |
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| A fraternity or social club or boys, typical in 12th century Italian cities |
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| A method of dividing the will of God by opening a Bible and randomly selecting a verse. Popular during the 12th century. |
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| A philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms |
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| The shaving of the head or crown of the head as part of a religious practice, as a sign to indicate membership in a religious order |
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| A society or organization devoted to a religious or charitable cause. |
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| Make or declare sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose |
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| A series of military missions, usually organized and promoted by the Pope or Roman Catholic Church, to recapture Christian lands that had been invaded by Muslims. The crusades took place through the 11th and 13th centuries A.D. |
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| The official set of daily prayers prescribed by the Catholic Church to be recited or sung by clergy, religious institutes, and the laity |
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| A meeting of the Catholic Church officials, convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215, that resulted in a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation |
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| The four books of the New Testament of the Bible that describe the life and teachings of Jesus Crist. The gospels include the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
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| A belief that is contrary to orthodox religious doctrine |
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| One God in three persons, the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit |
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| A pleading or interposing on behalf of another person |
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| A person who is killed because of their religious beliefs |
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| A member of a religious community or order who is cloistered or live separated from the secular world |
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| A scene, model or image representing the birth of Jesus Christ |
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| An authorized or generally accepted doctrine or practice |
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| The Holy Spirit, as advocate or counselor |
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| Principle of prescription |
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| A method of acquiring ownership interest in land through the long, continuous use of the land |
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| The ability to foretell or predict future events |
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| A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of the Protestant churches |
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| According to the Catholic Church doctrine, an intermediate state after physical death in which those destine for heaven “undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven” |
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| A member of the clergy who is in charge of a parish |
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| A member of the highest order of angels |
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| Marks corresponding to those left of Jesus’ body by the Crucifixion, which appear by divine favor on the bodies of certain religious devout persons |
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| A dwelling place; In a Catholic Church, the vessel used to store the consecrated hosts on the altar, the hosts representing the dwelling place of Christ in the Eucharist. |
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| A material used in building walls, consisting of a network of interwoven sticks and twigs covered with mud and clay |
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