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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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Anglican
adjective · 78% connection
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Annates
n. pl. · 78% connection
The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Anniversary
noun · 78% connection
The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Antipope
noun · 78% connection
One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Concordat
noun · 78% connection
An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are conc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Contempt
noun · 78% connection
Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contempt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Donee
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Doorkeeper
noun · 78% connection
the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Emeer
noun · 78% connection
An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Moha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Episcopacy
noun · 78% connection
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Excellency
noun · 78% connection
A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Exorcist
noun · 78% connection
one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Kirk
noun · 78% connection
A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Mandatary
noun · 78% connection
One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Maniple
adjective · 78% connection
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 Ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Mitre
noun · 78% connection
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a loft…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
Monachal
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: title, anciently, given, pope, later.
