Historical and Religious Terms

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apostle

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one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach about Jesus Christ and made up especially of Jesus's 12 original disciples and Paul

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aqueduct

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channel that moves water over a long distance

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baptism

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ritual cleansing by plunging into water

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barbarian

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word used by Greeks and Romans for all people who did not share their cultures

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Byzantine

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word used by historians to describe the eastern Roman empire after the fall of the western Roman empire

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concrete

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building material made by mixing small stones with sand and limestone, clay, and water

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conversion

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heartfelt change in one’s opinions or beliefs, especially in religion

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creed

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statement of beliefs

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crucifixion

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Roman method of execution by nailing a person to a wooden cross

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Cyrillic alphabet

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alphabet used mostly for Slavic languages such as Russian and Bulgarian as well as for other languages