Unit Quiz Flashcards
Culture
The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
Identity
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Institution
A society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose.
Tradition
The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on this way.
Virtue
Behavior showing high moral standards.
Value
A person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgement of what is important in life.
Secular
Donoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
Sign/Symbol
A thing that represents or stands for somethjing else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
Ritual/Routine
A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
Sacrament
A religious ceremony or ritual regarded as imparting divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist, penance and the anointing of the sick.
Martyr
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
Grace
Courteous goodwill.
Faith
Strong beliefs in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
Religion
The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
Liturgy
A form or fomulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worhsip, is conducted.