West civ quarter 1 vocab

B.C. vs B.C.E

Before christ/ before common era

C.E. vs A.D. 

common era/ Anno Domini

aristocracy, aristocrat, aristocratic 

government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class

nobles, nobility

possessing outside qualities such as dignity or decency

affect vs. effect 

to produce an effect upon something vs. an event of affairs that is produced by a cause

emperor, empire 

major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or people under a single sovereign authority

heir

one who receives property from an ancestor who is entitled to inherit property

monarch, monarchy, monarchical 

undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single persona me

oligarchy, oligarch, oligarchic 

government by the fewof or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its literature,

classical, classicism 

of or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its literature, art, architecture, or ideals

clergy

a group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a christain church.

papacy, papal 

of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic church.

crusade

any of the military expeditions undertaken by christian powers to win the holy land from the muslims

culture

the beliefs, customs, arts, ect. of a particular social group, place, or time.

diffusion

the state of being spread out or transmitted especially by contact

democracy

government by the people: rule of the majority

republic

a form of government in which the power belongs to a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by the leaders and representatives elected by those citizens to govern according to law.

rural

of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture

serf

a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner

simony

the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment

theocracy

government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided

excommunicate

excluded from the rights of church membership

feudalism, feudal 

of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a medieval fee

heresy, heretical, heretic 

adherence to a religous opinion contrary to church dogma

humanism, humanist 

devotion to the humanities: literary culture

secularism, secular 

of or relating to the physical world and not the spiritual world

vernacular

using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather that a literacy, cultured, or foreign language

architecture

the art or science of building

Renaissance man

a person who has wide interests and is expert in several areas

salvation

deliverance from the power and effects of sin

Protestant

any of a group of german princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Speyer in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement.

Anglican

of or relating to the established episcopal Church of England and churches of similar faith and order in communion with it

era/age

a fixed point in time from which a series of years in reckoned

executive

of or relating to the execution of the law and the conduct of public and national affairs

judicial

of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary

legislative

having the power or preforming the function of legislating