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  • a member of a group of religious men who do not marry and usually live together in a monastery
    a monk
  • the act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family
    nepotism
  • a belief opposed to the official belief of a church and that is considered wrong
    heresy
  • a member of the parts of the Christian Church that separated from the Roman Catholic Church
    protestant
  • in the past, an official organization in the Roman Catholic Church whose purpose was to find and punish people who opposed its beliefs
    inqisition
  • the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains
    censorship
  • to forbid
    ban
  • something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time
    legacy
  • an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem
    breakthrough
  • to make someone more likely to do something
    encourage
  • important and deserving attention way to understand something
    notable example
  • to divide into two or more parts
    split
  • the social and land-owning system of western Europe in the Middle Ages or of any society that is organized according to rank
    feudalism
  • the 16th-century religious ideas and activity in Europe that were an attempt to change and improve the Catholic Church, and resulted in the Protestant Churches being established
    reformation
  • clearly separate and different
    distinct
  • wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable
    eager
  • the power to have an effect on people or things
    influence
  • o sail all the way around something
    circumnavogate
  • an occasion when you allow or do not mind someone's failure or bad behaviour
    indulgence
  • an invitation to do something difficult
    challenge
  • to become weaker in strength or influence
    wane
  • existing very commonly or happening often
    prevalent
  • the people who have most of the power within government or society or in a particular business or activity
    establishment