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- 2. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
- 4. 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.
- 7. a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- 8. a type of cloth or woven fabric
- 9. a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
- 10. a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
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- 1. major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy belief and ritual
- 3. a wise teacher
- 5. follower or teacher
- 6. belief in one god