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7766366687Abbessthe head of a convent or monastery for women0
7766379737Abbotthe head of a monastery1
7766385407Arianisma Christian heresy that taught that Jesus was inferior to God; though condemned by the Council of Nicaea in 325, it was adopted by many of the Germanic peoples who entered the Roman Empire over the next centuries2
7766404398Caliphthe secular leader of the Islamic community3
7766409694Celibacycomplete abstinence from sexual activity; many early Christians viewed this as the surest way to holiness4
7766418151Curialescity councilors in Roman cities who played an important role in governing the vast Roman Empire5
7766427128Diocesethe area under the jurisdiction of a Christian bishop; based originally on Roman administrative districts6
7766436648FederatesGerman troops enlisted in groups to fight as allies for the Romans7
7766448946Iconoclasta member of an eight-century Byzantine movement against the use of icons, which it condemned as idolatry8
7766463021Jihad"striving in the way of the Lord;" in Islam, the attempt to achieve personal betterment, although it can also mean fair, defensive fighting to preserve one's life and one's faith9
7766478434Major Domusthe chief officer of the king's household in the Frankish kingdom10
7766487753Monasticisma movement that began in early Christianity whose purpose was to create communities of men and women who practiced a communal life dedicated to God as a moral example to the world around them11
7766505450Petrine Supremacythe doctrine that the bishop of Rome (the pope), as the successor of Saint Peter (traditionally considered the first bishop of Rome), should hold a preeminent position in the church12
7766527923Tetrarchyrule by four; the system of government established by Diocletian (284-305) in which the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, each ruled by an "Augustus" assisted by a "Caesar"13
7766549197Themean administrative unit in the Byzantine Empire that combines civil and military responsibilities14
7766561785Wergeld"money for a man;" in early Germanic law, a person's value in monetary terms, paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person who had been injured or killed15

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