Vocabulary List 1 – Quint 4



patriarch: n
Leader in the Catholic church

iconoclasm: n
Disobey the traditional

corrupt: adj
Guilty of dishonest practices.

pagan: n.
A person who worships many gods or does not worship any god.

feudalism: n
The social and economic system of medieval Europe

invader: n.
attacker

prophet: n
A person who speaks the words of God.

fast: v
do not eat food on purpose

mosque: n
a place of worship for Muslims

pilgrimage: n
a holy journey

caliph: n
a leader in the arab/muslim empire

assassination: n
The murder of a political leader

verses: n
sections of a religious text or of a poem

 clan: n
group of people from the same family

edict: n
law

divinity: n
godliness

icon: n
religious image

solemn: adj
serious

idolatry: n

idol worship

serf: n

enslaved laborer

laborer: n

worker

foundation: n

basis; the structure on which a building is built

conquest: n

invading a winning other lands and people

jihad: n

a holy struggle

apostasy: n

when someone rejects his/her religion

imams: n

leaders of Islamic religious services

revelation: n

when someone hears a divine truth

caravan: n

a group of travelers and their carts in the desert

shrine: n

a place where someone can pray to a god

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