World History: 15. The Renaissance and Reformation, Lessons 3–4

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  1. movable
    capable of being conveyed from one place to another
    With movable type, individual letters formed in metal could be used again and again to form words, lines, and pages of text.
  2. censor
    subject to deletion on political or moral grounds
    To censor means to remove material from published works or to prevent its publication.
  3. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    In 1638, he was forced to recant, or withdraw his statements, and he spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
  4. linen
    a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
    In the 1300s, Europeans learned to make paper out of linen rags.
  5. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    When stated that the sun, not Earth, was the center of the solar system, Galileo violated church doctrine.
  6. reformation
    improvement in the condition of institutions or practices
    The northern European humanists laid the foundation for the Reformation, a religious movement that gained momentum in the 1500s with the aim to reform the Catholic Church.
  7. indulgence
    remission by the pope of temporal punishment in purgatory
    An indulgence is a kind of cancellation of punishment for sins that had been confessed and forgiven by God.
  8. sacrament
    a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace
    A sacrament is a sacred ritual in Christianity.
  9. sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
    A sect is a subgroup of a major religious group.
  10. predestination
    the doctrine that God has foreordained every event
    In addition, Calvin supported the concept of predestination, the idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation.
  11. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
    A theocracy is a government ruled by religious leaders.
  12. ghetto
    the restricted quarter of European cities where Jews lived
    However, by 1516, Jews in Venice were restricted to living and working in a separate quarter called a ghetto.
  13. temperament
    your usual mood
    "I am hotblooded by temperament," Luther said, "and my pen gets irritated easily."
  14. isolation
    a state of separation between persons or groups
    They lived in isolation, completely dedicated to prayer and meditation.
Created on Thu Jul 01 16:09:38 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Jul 08 16:23:43 EDT 2021)

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