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BELFRY |
Church part |
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APSE |
Church part |
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NAVE |
Church part |
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CHAPEL |
Part of church |
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AISLE |
Part of a church |
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CHANCEL |
Part of a church containing altar, sanctuary and choir |
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CHOIR |
That part of a church appropriated to the singers. |
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PRESBYTERY |
That part of the church reserved for the officiating
priest. |
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PENITENTIARY |
That part of a church to which penitents were
admitted. |
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BAPTISTRY |
A part of a church containing a font and used for
baptismal services. |
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AUDITORIUM |
The part of a church, theater, or other public
building, assigned to the audience. |
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SCHISMATIZE |
To take part in schism; to make a breach of
communion in the church. |
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SANCTUARY |
The most sacred part of any religious building, esp.
that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. |
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BEMA |
That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for
the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. |
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NONES |
The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary,
recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman
Catholic Church. |
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SCHISMATIC |
One who creates or takes part in schism; one who
separates from an established church or religious communion on account
of a difference of opinion. |
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DIPTYCH |
A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of
living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of
the church; a catalogue of saints. |
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CRESSELLE |
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a
bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy
Week, or the last week of Lent. |
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MODERATE |
One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th
century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of
church government, in discipline, and in doctrine. |
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MANIPLE |
Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf
worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the
Roman Catholic Ch... |
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MADRIGAL |
...or more
parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation,
and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is ... |
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LITURGY |
An established formula for public worship, or the entire
ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a
formulary for pub... |
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TRANSEPT |
The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right
angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the
basilicas, this ... |
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TE DEUM |
An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain
authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the
first words "Te Deu... |