Vocabulary

=California Mission Vocabulary=

__Exploration__: investigating unknown regions

__Secularization__: changing from religious to non-religious

__Quadrangle__: a courtyard surrounded by buildings

__Revolutionaries__: someone bringing change to society or politics

__Parish__: a local church with its own community

__Friars__: a member of a religious order

__Pueblo__: an Indian house or settlement

__Presidio__: a military post

__Burial__: a ceremony to bury the dead

__Baptisms__: a ceremony with water to bring someone into the Christian church