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| A covered walkway, outdoor or indoors; often in a church where people could walk during pilgrimages. |
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| A prescribed ritual or body of rites for public worship |
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| choral singing without instrumental accompaniment |
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| A prescribed body of doctrines, concerning faith or morals, formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by the church |
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| The image of a saint or religious figure |
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| The study, identification and interpretation of subject matter in art; also the visual imagery that conveys specific concepts and ideas |
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| A cross in which the vertical member is longer than the horizontal member it intersects |
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| A cross in which all four arms are of equal lenth |
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| A porch or vestibule at the main entrance of a church |
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| The central aisle of a church between the alter and apse or in front of the altar, usually demarcated from the side aisles by columns of piers |
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| The semicircular recess at the east end of a Roman basilica or a Christian Church |
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| The upper part of the nave, whose walls contain openings for light |
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| A concave piece of masonry that makes the transition between the angle of two walls and the base of the dome above |
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| The part of basilica-plan church that runs perpendicular to the nave; give it a cross or cruciform shape. |
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| The official successor to Mohammed and theocratic ruler of an Islamic state |
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| Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina in the year 622 |
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| Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca |
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| The struggle to lead a "virtuous" life and to further the universal mission of Islam through teaching, preaching and, when necessary, warfare. |
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| A special niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca |
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| A stepped pulpit in a mosque |
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| The body of Muslim law based on the Quaran and the Hadith |
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| An epic poem of the early Middle Ages. |
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| An enameling technique produced by poring molten colored glass between thin metal strips secured to a metal surface |
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| A code of behavior practiced by upper-class men and women of medievel society |
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| The system of political organizationss prevailing in Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries and having as its basis the exchange of land for military defense. |
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| An association of merchants or craftspeople organized according to occupation during the Late Middle Ages |
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| A professional entertainer who wandered from court to court in medieval Europe. |
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| A wide trench, usually filled with water, surreounding a fortified place, such as a castle. |
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| A shallow dish; in the Christian church, the Eurcharist Plate. |
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| An unfree peasant, who worked the land in medieval time, in exchange for protection. |
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