Ch. 14 Vocabulary

the body of people ordained for religious duties

• clergy

• diocese

• manor

• noble

a person who belongs to a high social class and has a title

• papacy

• bishop

• vassal

• noble

referring to the pope and his power

• clergy

• hierarchy

• papacy

• manorialism

a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed

• conversion

• noble

• fief

• manuscript

district under the pastoral rule of a bishop

• manor

• fief

• diocese

• feudalism

a system of government in which nobles gave land to lesser nobles to govern in exchange for loyalty and military service

• hierarchy

• feudalism

• manorialism

• papacy

a landholder who is subjected to the authority of another person

• vassal

• fief

• noble

• clergy

a self-sufficient estate

• fief

• manor

• manorialism

• clergy

ranking from highest to lowest

• hierarchy

• fief

• diocese

• conversion

a senior member of the Christian clergy

• bishop

• diocese

• noble

• papacy