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| more common form of monasticism, called the common life, that is monastic life lived in community |
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| A territorial division of the Church, adapted from the Roman Empire |
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| Title adopted by the Patriarch of Constantinople |
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| The pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslim faithful once during their lifetime. |
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| Arabic for "flight." The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina on Friday, July 16, 622. Marks year 1 in the Islamic calendar. |
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| One who, for religious movies, has retired into solitary life, especially one of the early Christian recluses. |
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| A powerful nomadic people of unknown ethnic origin who invaded Europe ca. 375. |
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| Arabic for "submission," the faith of the prophet Muhammad, it traces its roots back to Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael. |
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| Holy war waged by Muslims in the name of religion. Muslim men who die in a __ are believed to go straight to heaven. |
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| Tax placed upon Jews and Christians under Muslim rule. It allowed them to keep their religious laws, and retain the right to practice their own religion. |
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| Arabic for "square building," this large black stone is the main focus of the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every Muslim is required to take at least once in his lifetime. housed inside a square building that Muslims believed Abraham built. |
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| Arabic for "recitation," this is the holy book of the Muslim faith, written by Muhammad, and containing all of the writings that Muhammad claimed he was told by the archangel Gabriel under God's direction |
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| Latin for "praise of God," in Benedictince life it referred to the four hours of the day spent in communal prayer. |
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| Reading and meditation on Scripture |
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| A way of life characterized by asceticism and self- denial lived more or less in seclusion from the world and under fixed rule and vows. |
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| Personal ambassador of the pope |
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| Benedictine motto meaning "pray and work" |
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| The holy month of Islam believed to be the time when the Koran was given to Muhammad. celebrated in the ninth lunar month of each year, a strict fast is observed from sunrise to sunset. |
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| Large room in a monastery dedicated to the copying and maintaining of texts |
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| Latin for "servant of the servants of God". this title was adopted by Pope St. Gregory the Great |
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| The first pillar and creedal statement of Islam |
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| A solemn promise made voluntarily by a person of reason, to practice a virtue or perform a specific good deed in order to accomplish a future good which is better than its contrary |
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