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A

Acolyte Alb Altar Altar Linens Ambo Ambry Aumbry Amice Amillennialism Anglican Communion Anglican Collar Anthem Apocrypha Apollinarianism Apologetics Apologist Apology Apostolic Constitutions Apostolic Apse Archbishop Arianism Arminianism

B

Baptistery
Bishop Black Blue

C

Calvinism Canon (person) Cardinal Cassock Catechumen Cathedra Cathedral Catholic Celebrant Celibacy Celibate Chalice Chalice Pall Chalice Veil Chancel Chancel Screen
Chant Chapel Chasuble Choir Robes Christ Christus victor Ciborium Cincture Clergy Clergy Shirt Clerical Collect Colors Colors Communion Table Compunction Confession Congregation Consecrate Consecration Contrite, Contrition Cope Corporal Cotta Form Criticism Higher Criticism Lower Criticism Redaction Criticism Cross (pectoral) Cross (sign) Crucifer Crucifix Curate

D

Dalmatic Deacon Dean Diocese Dispensationalism
Documentary Hypothesis Dog Collar Donatism

E

East Wall Eisegesis Elder
Eparchy Epistle Epitrachilion The Eucharist Evangelical Excommunicate Exegesis

F

Fair Linen Father Historic Floor Plan Lecture-Hall Floor Plan Forgive Forgiveness Free will Fundamentalist

G

Gnosticism Gold Gospel Grace Green Guilt

H

Heaven Hell Heresy Hermeneutics Heterodox
High Altar Holy Hymn

I

Icon Iconostasis Incense
Indigo Ivory

J


Justify, Justification

K


Kneeler

L

Lay Reader
Lectern Lectionary Liturgy

M

Manichaeism Messiah Millennialism Minister Mitre Monarchianism

N

Narthex
Nave Neckband Shirt New Testament

O

Offering Officiant Old Testament Oratory Ordinary Time
Ordination Original Sin Orthodox

P

Paraments Parish Pastor Paten Patriarch Pelagianism Penance Penitent, Penitence Pew Phelonion Poias Polemics Pope Prayer Desk Predestination Presbyter Presbytery Prie-Dieu Priest Priesthood Procession Protestant Providence Pulpit Purificator Purple Pyx (or Pyxis)

Q


Q

R

Readings Rector Red Repent Repentance Reverend Robe Roman Collar Rood Screen Rose

S

Sacristy Saint Sanctuary Sanctify, Sanctification See Septuagint Sexton Sin Shrine Skull Cap Soutane Stage Sticharion Stole Surplice Synaxis Synoptic Gospels

T

Tab-Collar Shirt Tabernacle Communion Word Theologoumenon Thurifer Thurible Transept

U

Undercroft
Universal Church

V

Verger
Vestments Vestry Vicar

W


White

X Y Z


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