My Vocab

one of the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach his gospel

strict self-denial and self-discipline

one whose essence is enlightenment)

the dispersion of Jews following the Babylonian captivity

Anointed One

a teacher and master trained in the Jewish law

an instructional chapter or discourse in any of the sacred books of Buddhism

a monastery or convent

the superior of an abbey or monastery for men; the female equivalent in a convent of nuns is called an "abbess"

choral singing without instrumental accompaniment

a covered walkway

the invocation of a blessing; in art

the ecclesiastical law that governs the Christian Church

a subterranean complex consisting of burial chambers and galleries with recesses for tombs

a sacred space

an umbrella like shape that signifies the sacred tree under which the Buddha reached nirvana

the upper part of the nave

a two-leaved hinged tablet; a two-paneled altarpiece

a prescribed body of doctrines concerning faith or morals

worldwide in extent; representing the whole body of churches

the area between the clerestory and the nave arcade

a cross in which all four arms are of equal length

the image of a saint or other religious figure

the study

a cross in which the vertical member is longer than the horizontal member it intersects

a diagrammatic map of the universe used as a visual aid to meditation and as a ground plan for Hindu and Buddhist temple-shrines

a sacred formula of invocation or incantation common to Hinduism and Buddhism

with many notes of music to one syllable

a symbolic gesture commonly used in Buddhist art

a porch or vestibule at the main entrance of a church

the central aisle of a church between the altar and the apse

a mark or symbol indicating the direction of the voice in the early notation of Gregorian chant

a gesture involving the raising of the arms in an attitude of prayer

an East Asian shrine in the shape of a tower

a concave piece of masonry that makes the transition between the angle of two walls and the base of the dome above

a nude

those who have taken vows to obey the rules of a monastic order

those ordained to serve the Christian Church in the world

a hemispherical mound that serves as a Buddhist shrine

with one note of music per syllable

a gateway that marks one of the four cardinal points in the stone fence surrounding a stupa

the part of a basilican plan church that runs perpendicular to the nave