Mort 201: Exam 3 Ceremonies Vocab
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Acolyte - Answer✔️✔️-an alter attendant (male or female)
Alter - Answer✔️✔️-An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices
are offered or at which religious rites are performed; the table from
which Holy Communion is served and prayers are offered
Benediction - Answer✔️✔️-a ritual blessing offered at the conclusion
of a service
Book of Common Prayer - Answer✔️✔️-the text containing
recitations, prayers and prescribed orders of worship in the
Episcopal Church
Chancel - Answer✔️✔️-the area around the altar of the church,
usually enclosing the clergy and other officials
Crucifer - Answer✔️✔️-one who carries the processional cross in an
ecclesiastical procession
Ecclesiastical - Answer✔️✔️-referring to the church or clergy
Ecumenical - Answer✔️✔️-an epithet applied to a council regarded as
representing the whole of Christendom
Epistle Side - Answer✔️✔️-the right side of the church (as the
congregation faces the altar) from which readings and prayers are
often proclaimed
Eucharist-Centered Worship - Answer✔️✔️-see also Liturgical
Worship; the prescribed order or form of worship used by some
churches in which the Eucharist or Holy Communion is the central
element
Extreme Unction - Answer✔️✔️-in the Episcopal faith, the use of oil,
holy water, or hands to bless those who are in danger of losing life
Gospel Side - Answer✔️✔️-the left side of the church (as the
congregation faces the altar) from which sermons are preached
Litergical worship - Answer✔️✔️-see also Eucharist-centered worship;
the prescribed order or form of worship used by some churches in
which the Eucharist or Holy Communion is the central element
Narthex - Answer✔️✔️-see also Vestibule; the entryway to the church
proper
Nave - Answer✔️✔️-the main body of the church where seating is
provided
Non-litergical worship - Answer✔️✔️-see also Scripture-centered
worship; a form or order of worship having the scriptures as the
central element, with the actual order of worship determined by the
local congregation or clergy
Pall - Answer✔️✔️-A symbolic cloth covering placed on the casket
representing both the righteousness of Christ bestowed at one's
baptism and the equality of all men before God
Parochial - Answer✔️✔️-belonging to a parish; restricted to a parish;
limited in range or scope
Protestant - Answer✔️✔️-any Western Christian who is not an
adherent to the Roman Catholic Church
Rubrics - Answer✔️✔️-printed or stated directions regarding church
practices and procedures as approved by religious leadership
Sanctuary - Answer✔️✔️-liturgically, the part of the church
containing the falter (or, if there are several alters, the high alter);
commonly, a holy or sacred place devoted to the worship of any
deity; historically, a place of refuge
Scripture-Centered Worship - Answer✔️✔️-see also Non-Liturgical
Worship; a form or order of worship having the scriptures as the
central element, with the actual order of worship determined by the
local congregation or clergy
Transepts - Answer✔️✔️-the wings of the main part of the church,
which may serve as small chapels for baptisms, weddings, and even
small funeral services
Vestibule - Answer✔️✔️-see also Narthex; the entryway to the church
proper
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