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Abba
noun · 78% connection
Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the p…
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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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Allspice
noun · 78% connection
deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
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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…
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Bead fern
noun · 78% connection
beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slig…
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Brooch
noun · 78% connection
An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin…
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Cloud
noun · 78% connection
A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
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College
noun · 78% connection
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…
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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…
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Corsage
noun · 78% connection
a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…
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Dalmatic
noun · 78% connection
A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dre…
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Eastern
adjective · 78% connection
Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
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Encyclical
noun · 78% connection
a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
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Episcopacy
noun · 78% connection
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of wh…
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Episcopalian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Etui
noun · 78% connection
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are ca…
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Glass
verb · 78% connection
A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing t…
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Gopher
noun · 78% connection
One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklin…
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