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| The banning and destruction of religious images, especially images of religious icons. For example, Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels would have been destroyed during iconoclasm. |
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| The Virgin Mary. An example of art with Theotokos would be Virgin and Child with Saints and Angles. |
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| The title of Christ as the ruler of the universe. An example of an art piece with Christ as Pantokrator would be Christ Pantokrator with Scenes from the Life of Christ |
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| A tower on or near a mosque from which Muslims are called to prayer five times a day. The Great Mosque of Damascus has a few large minarets. |
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| An arched bridge above the aisle roof that extends from the upper nave wall down to a solid pier. The artwork, Masons at Work, shows masons building a flying buttress system. |
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| West-facing entrance section of a Carolingian church; hallmark of Carolingian architecture. The Abbey Church of Corvey contains a westwork. |
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| Any Romanesque image of Mary seated on a throne and holding the Christ Child on her lap. An example of this would be the sculpture, Virgin and Child. |
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| The wall of the prayer hall that is closest to Mecca. The Great Mosque of Damascus contains a qibla wall. |
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| A local monastic workshop where monks and nuns would make medieval books. The Book of Durrow was created in a scriptoria. |
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| A container for relics. An example of this would be, Reliquary Statue of Sainte Foy (St. Faith). |
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| A body halo. In the Creation and Fall of Adam and Eve, God is seen in a mandorla. |
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| A semicircular niche in the wall that indicates which direction Muslims should face when praying. The Sultan Hasan Madrasa-Mausoleum-Mosque Complex has a mihrab. |
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