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Archimandrite

A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.

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Abbe 76% connected

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ec…

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Superior 76% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Abbot 92% connected

The superior or head of an abbey.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acolyte noun · 78% connection

someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Ca…

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Alb noun · 78% connection

A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orde…

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All Souls' Day unknown · 78% connection

The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful de…

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Amice noun · 78% connection

A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while…

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Armenian noun · 78% connection

An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roma…

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Ash Wednesday unknown · 78% connection

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of pe…

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Aspergillum noun · 78% connection

The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

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Ave Mary unknown · 78% connection

A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.

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Berretta noun · 78% connection

A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black…

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Bibliolatry noun · 78% connection

Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the…

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Breviary noun · 78% connection

A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, na…

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Callot noun · 78% connection

Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Canon noun · 78% connection

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Catholic noun · 78% connection

An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.

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Catholicism noun · 78% connection

The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.

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Catholicize v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

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Celebrant noun · 78% connection

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguis…

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Chasuble noun · 78% connection

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…

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