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Quinquagesima

Sunday before Lent. Literally, but not factually, 50 days before Easter.

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Reredos

Screen behind altar. (Pronounced rear-dos).

Right Reverend Title given to a Bishop. "Right" means "Thoroughly" in this context.

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Sacraments The two Sacraments recognised as being given by Christ, and exclusive to Christianity, are Baptism and the Eucharist.
Sanctus Latin for Holy. During the Great Thanksgiving, and prior to blessing of the bread and wine, the Sanctus is said or sung:

Holy, holy,holy Lord, God of Power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

See Bishopric; Diocese over which a Bishop has authority.
Septuagesima Sunday before Sexagesima. Third Sunday before Lent. (Literally, but not factually, 70 days before Easter.)
Sexagesima Sunday before Quinquagesima. Second Sunday before Lent. (Literally, but not factually, 60 days before Easter.)
Stipend The fixed monthly salary received by a priest.
Stipendiary (clergy) A member of clergy who is paid a stipend. cf a non-stipendiary position, where the clergy receives no stipend, and depends on external income for financial support.
STM Master of Sacred Theology
Stole Worn by clergy at Eucharist, the narrow strip of (often decorated) cloth worn over the neck and hanging down the front of the body, often to the knees. Worn diagonally, it indicates a Deacon; worn crossed over the chest, it indicates a Priest, though many priests now wear the stole uncrossed, as do Bishops. The clolours are significant: green for Ordinary Sundays; red for martyrs' and saints' days; white/gold for celebratory days and seasons (such as Easter Sunday and the Season of Christmas); purple/black for Good Friday.
Succentor Deputy to a Precentor.
Surplice White garment worn by clergy, acolytes, choir and organist over the cassock or other vestment, usually hanging to the hips, but may hang to the feet.
 
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Thurifer Person who carries a censer.
Transfiguration The feast of the Transfiguration of the Beloved Son is observed on 6th August. It refers to Christ's change of appearance on the mountain, seen by Peter, James and John, to whom God announced "This is my beloved Son, with him I am well pleased. Hear him." Matthew 17:1-9 refers.

Translate.

Transfer a Bishop from one Diocese to another.

Trinity Sunday A principal feast of the Church, honouring the Trinity, observed on the Sunday next after Whitsunday. This is the Feast Day of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

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Undercroft

The rooms and enclosed open spaces underneath the church.

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Venerable (The) Title given to an Archdeacon. Means "worthy of honour".
Verger The "staff bearer" (from the Latin virga = rod) who acts as an usher in the church and keeps order. In earlier times, the staff was used to poke people who fell asleep during sermons, which could last for hours.
Very Reverend Title given to a Dean. "Very" in this context means "Truly".
Vestry Literally, a "robing room". Today has two definitions.
  1. The room(s) in a church where clothes, vestments, registers, etc. are kept.
  2. By use of the vestry for parish meetings, the name is also now given to the group of church officers which guides a parish.
Vicar Parish Priest. The senior priest in a parish.
Vicar-General Clergy who assists a Diocesan Bishop ecclesiastically, and who acts as alternate in most things during the Bishop's absence from his See. Unable to ordain unless already a bishop in their own right.

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Whitsunday "White Sunday". A principal feast of the Church. The Day of Pentecost (q.v.).
 
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