Unit 3 Vocabulary World History

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clergy

persons such as priest, given authority to conduct religious services

laity

church members who are not clergy

icons

christian religious image or picture

schism

division of christian church in 1054 (Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

regents

person who acts as a temporary ruler

theology

study of religious questions

mosaic

picture made up of tiny pieces of colored glass, tile, or stone set in mortar

monastery

community of men who have taken religious vows

boyar

landowning noble of early Russia

sheikh

chief of Bedouin tribe

revelation

a vision of divine truth (think: Muhammad)

shariah

islamic code of law that includes for all aspects of life

mosque

muslim house of worship

imam

muslim prayer leader

hajj

pilgrimage to mecca

caliph

supreme leader of islam chosen as the successor of muhammad

jihad

muslim struggle to introduce islam to other lands

madrasa

muslim school for theology and law

bazaar

marketplace in an islamic city

calligraphy

art of beautiful handwriting

arabesque

complex designs of typical islamic art

chronicles

account that records events in the order in which they happened

counts

a noble who acted as a local official within the frankish empire