The Reign of King Henry Viii and the Reformation (1509 1547)

THE REIGN OF KING HENRY VIII AND THE REFORMATION (1509 – 1547) KEY WORD MEANING PICTURE / TRANSLATION Abbot The head monk in a monastery

Altar The Holy table in a church

To Behead someone / To cut off the head of a beheading someone

Bible The Holy Book of Christians

Cardinal One of the important men in the Catholic Church who helps to choose the Pope

Catholic or Roman Member of the Catholic Catholic Church which has the Pope in Rome as its leader One of the main Christian Churches Celibate Unmarried Dissolution When Henry VIII closed all the monasteries To Divorce someone / To end a marriage a divorce legally / by law

To Excommunicate To make someone someone / an leave the Church excommunication

To Execute To kill someone as a someone / an punishment execution Heir The next King or Queen on the throne

Heretic A person who has a different religious opinion Latin The language of the Ancient Romans and of the Catholic Church Martyr Someone who dies or suffers for their religious beliefs Mass Communion – when people have bread and wine to remind them of the body and blood of Jesus Monastery Where a monk lived

Monk A man who was a member of the religious community at the monastery. (There were also ladies called nuns who lived in nunneries) Navy The country’s ships

Pope The Head of the Catholic Church

Protestant A person who was a member of the new Church of England. Priest The man / minister who looks after a church

Priest hole A secret place in a house where a Priest would hide Relic Something that belonged to a holy person Reformation The changes Henry VIII made to the Catholic Church Statue A figure of a person or an animal Superstition Believing in something that does not exist Sin Wrong-doing that sends a person to hell Tax The money people had to pay to the King

Vow(s) A promise made to God