Most Europeans were members of the church and had to follow church law, which is also called law. Those who broke church rules could be removed from the church community, an act called. Every member paid a church tax, called a. To show their faith, Europeans often helped to fund the construction of great.

The final sentence refers to Europeans funding the construction of great cathedrals. Cathedrals were large and important churches, often built with support from the local community. “Canons” were church rules or clergy, and “communicants” were people who received communion, so neither fits the phrase “construction of great …”

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