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- CLENCHEROne who clenches.
- IMPALPABLEIncapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
- VERGERSplural of verger
- CHEVETSplural of chevet
- GALILEEA narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastic
- LAVRAAlternative form of laura.
- SITULAA deep ceramic vase with a wide opening.
- TITULIplural of titulus
- BURSARIESplural of bursary
- CHAUNTRYObsolete form of chantry.
- COISTRELAlternative form of custrel.
- CATHISMAAlternative spelling of kathisma
- CHAMPLEVE
- CHELONIANOf, relating to, or belonging to the order Chelonia (Testudines), which includes the turtles and tortoises.
- FRANKPLEDGEA form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
- FROIDEURA cold or indifferent manner.
- GREISENA highly altered granitic rock containing quartz and mica.
- NUNCIOSplural of nuncio
- PARCLOSEA partition that closes off part of a building; especially one that separates an altar or chapel from the rest of a church.
- SEDILIAA series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.
- SUFFRAGANSubordinate to an archbishop or metropolitan.
- TONDIplural of tondo
- AMBOSplural of ambo
- JIRBLEDsimple past and past participle of jirble
- REGULAEplural of regula
- INFEOFFSthird-person singular simple present indicative of infeoff
- PONGEEA soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.
- RUBRICATEMarked with red.
- TUNICLEA small tunic.
- AMICESplural of amice
- BOUCLEESAlternative spelling of bouclé.
- HETAIRAAlternative form of hetaera.
- PANDECTSplural of pandect
- ROCHETA white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the
- ROCHETSplural of rochet
- VERSICLEOne of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse, particularly in a hymn.
- BOUCLEE
- IMPLUVIAplural of impluvium
- TONDOA round picture or other work of art.
- WALDOESplural of waldo
- CAIRDA travelling tinker or a tramp.
- MANCIPLEA person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
- DONATIVEBeing or relating to a donation.
- HERIOTThe return of military equipment.
- MENOLOGYThe study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar.
- PARVISAn enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
- PIFFLERA blathering fool.
- STRAVAGEAlternative spelling of stravaig.
- EYREA journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)
- KERYGMAThe proclamation of religious truths; core religious teaching; preaching.
- PAROUSIAThe second coming of Christ.
- WHELVE
- EMBRANGLETo embroil.
- NATATIONThe act or process of swimming
- CATHEDRAThe chair or throne of a bishop.
- GLEBESplural of glebe
- KERYGMATICRelating to the kerygmata.
- BAGMANA person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- CLADOGRAMA branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.
- COUPEEA motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
- PANICLEA compound raceme.
- COITSplural of coit
- SERIATIMOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
- AMBRYA bookcase; a library or archive.
- EXEDRAA semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
- KERMESAny of several insects of the genus Kermes.
- CHARIVARIThe noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
- CIBORIUMA fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
- FERIAA weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
- FERMATASplural of fermata
- PACHOULIAlternative spelling of patchouli.
- SHLOCKYAlternative spelling of schlocky.
- ADVOWSONThe right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
- GUANACOSplural of guanaco
- MARPLOTSynonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
- ANEMOIANostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.
- METROLOGYThe science of weights and measures or of measurement.
- OGIVALHaving the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.