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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.
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| 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. |
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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.
- The room(s) in a church where clothes, vestments, registers, etc.
are kept.
- By use of the vestry for parish meetings, the name is also now
given to the group of church officers which guides a parish.
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| 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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