Spanish Missions Vocabulary

ways of thinking or doing something that have been done by a particular group for a long time

• traditions

• belfry

• interrelated

• secularization

part of a church where the bells are

• mission

• belfry

• convert

• kiln

built or started

• colonies

• traditions

• convert

• founded

areas ruled by a country or countries far away

• stucco

• ranchos

• colonies

• canonized

officially declared a saint by the Roman Catholic church

• canonized

• founded

• missionaries

• secularization

a material that is used to cover the outside walls of buildings

• kilns

• stucco

• presidios

• belfry

Spanish word for ranches; large pieces of land

• ranchos

• kilns

• presidios

• founded

change from one religion to another

• interrelated

• secularization

• convert

• revolts

ovens used for hardening, burning or drying things, such as pottery

• stucco

• kilns

• convert

• belfry

the body's ability to fight off disease and infection

• interrelated

• canonized

• secularization

• immunities