Middle Ages I

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Across
  1. 1. /ˈkän(t)SHəns/ (noun) an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
  2. 3. /ˈSHivəlrē/ (noun) the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
  3. 4. /ˈtenənt/ (noun) a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
  4. 5. /ˈärmər/ (noun) the metal coverings formerly worn by soldiers or warriors to protect the body in battle.
  5. 8. /ˈmanər/ (noun) a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
  6. 10. /ˈpärləmənt/ (noun) (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, a legislature similar to parliament in other nations and states.
  7. 14. /ˈfyo͞odlˌizəm/ (noun) the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.
  8. 15. /ˈˌself səˈfiSHənt/ (adjective) 1. needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food. 2. emotionally and intellectually independent.
  9. 16. /ˈherəldrē/ (noun) the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
  10. 17. /ˈpräksē/ (noun) the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
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  1. 2. /ˈkerəktəˌrīz/ (verb) describe the distinctive nature or features of.
  2. 6. /ˌreprəˈzent/ (verb) 1. be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity. 2. constitute; amount to. 3. depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art.
  3. 7. /rəˈnouns/ (verb) formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).
  4. 9. /ˈvasəl/ (noun) a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
  5. 11. /ˈlejənˌderē/ (adjective) 1. of, described in, or based on legends. 2. remarkable enough to be famous; very well known.
  6. 12. /sərf/ (noun) an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
  7. 13. /ekspēˈāSH(ə)n/ (noun) the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.