1. Medieval Church
By: Osama Amal
Mohammed Bunkheila
8E

2. A monastery
• is a facility that houses a religious community
of monks or nuns

3. Convent
• a community of persons devoted to religious li
fe under a superior

4. Monk
• (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn fro
m the world for religiousreasons, especially as
a member of an order of cenobites livingaccor
ding to a particular rule and under vows of po
verty, chastity, andobedience.

5. Nun
• a woman member of a religious order, especia
lly one bound by vows ofpoverty, chastity, and
obedience.

6. Abbot
• a man who is the head or superior, usually ele
cted, of a monastery.

7. Abbess
• a woman who is the head of a convent

8. Vatican
• the authority and government of the pope (dis
tinguished from theQuirinal ).

9. infallible
• not liable to failure

10. vicar of Christ
• the pope, with reference to his claim to stand i
n the place of JesusChrist and possess His auth
ority in the church.

11. dioceses
• an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction
of a bishop.

12. Archdiocese
• the diocese of an archbishop.