Office

• Divine Office

  Canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic...

• Little Office

  A Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the...

• Office of the Dead

  An office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church.

Priest

• bishop

  A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed...

• domestic prelate

  (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal househ...

• Monsignor

  (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests.

Sympathy Card

• Mass card

  (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged...

• spiritual bouquet

  (Roman Catholic Church) a card indicating that the sender will perform certain...

Diplomat

• internuncio

  (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nun...

• nuncio

  (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial sta...

Sacred College

• cardinal

  (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred...

• Sacred College

  (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new ...

Sanctification

• beatification

  (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived...

• canonization

  (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person...

Devotion

• novena

  A Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.

• Stations

  (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series...

Prayer Book

• breviary

  (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members...

• missal

  (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate...

Also contains

• canonical hour

  (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer.

• Mass

  (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist.

• seminarian

  A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary).

• Roman Catholic

  A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

• dean

  (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals.

• Brother

  (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine...

• Sister

  (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters...

• penitent

  (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted...

• confession

  (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest...

• January 1

  (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of...

• vicar-general

  (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop.

• indulgence

  The remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for...

• Rota

  (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy...

• gradual

  (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after...

• January 1

  (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation.

• Doctor of the Church

  (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves...

• Beguine

  (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands...

• provincial

  (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under...

• Curia

  (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church.

• placebo

  (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead.

• monstrance

  (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated...

• postulator

  (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification...

• pax

  (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Euc...

• apostolic delegate

  (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has...

• Immaculate Conception

  (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary...

• Rome

  The leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.

• ultramontanism

  (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should...

• sursum corda

  (Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts'.

• Holy Year

  (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 year...

• pallium

  (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two...