Persecute

• cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches

Monastery

• a community of monks
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches
• to formally deprive a person of membership in a church

Monk

• man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches

Clergy

• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches
• to formally deprive a person of membership in a church

Excommunicate

• to formally deprive a person of membership in a church
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches

Sacrament

• solemn rite of Christian churches
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• to formally deprive a person of membership in a church

Pilgrimage

• journey to a holy site
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• solemn rite of Christian churches
• to formally deprive a person of membership in a church

Convent

• community of nuns; also called a nunnery
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches

Nun

• woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church
• the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church
• a community of monks
• journey to a holy site
• solemn rite of Christian churches

10. University

• school of advanced learning
• object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or other holy person
• brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns, or friars
• member of a certain reli-gious order devoted to teaching and works of charity
• handwritten book decorated with bright colors and precious metals