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to make a legal entity no longer legal or valid
annul
a rite or experience through which one becomes part of a group
baptism
to take back a belief, opinion, or statement and say it is untrue
recant
a person who has legal claim to property or title when the person holding that property or title dies
heir
a branch or part of something, especially of the Christian religion
denomination
money or gifts paid for forgiveness of sin
indulgences
the belief that God has already decided the fate of every soul
predestination
showing preference to friends or family members
nepotism
a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried
widow
lacking pure or true values
corrupt
to make something better by changing it, often in such a way as to right past wrongs
reform
to take away membership in the Church
excommunicate