Chapter 26 Vocabulary

Question 1

To make a legal entity no longer legal or valid

Answer 1

Annul

Question 2

A rite or experience through which one becomes part of a group

Answer 2

Baptism

Question 3

Not valid, or bad in action, manners, or values

Answer 3

Corrupt

Question 4

A branch church of Christianity

Answer 4

Denomination

Question 5

Take away membership in the Church

Answer 5

Excommunicate

Question 6

A person who has legal claim to property or title when the person holding that property or title dies

Answer 6

Heir

Question 7

Certificates from the Catholic Church that forgives a person’s sins in exchange for money

Answer 7

Indulgences

Question 8

Showing preference to friends or family members

Answer 8

Nepotism

Question 9

The belief that God has already decided the fate of every soul

Answer 9

Predestination

Question 10

Take back a belief, opinion, or statement and say it is untrue

Answer 10

Recant

Question 11

An improvement or changes for the better, especially as a result of the correction of legal or political abuses

Answer 11

Reform

Question 12

A woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried

Answer 12

Widow