Mort 201 Glossary Exam Study Guide
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Absolution - ANSWER-Sacramental remission of sin
Acknowledgement Cards - ANSWER-thank you cards
Acolyte - ANSWER-an altar attendant
Adaptive funeral - ANSWER-funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly
involved; altered t...
Blood letting - ANSWER✔✔-belief or practice of draining a quantity of blood to cure illness or disease
Bonze - ANSWER✔✔-The title of the Buddhist priest
Book of Dates - ANSWER✔✔-A term used in the Buddhist faith to describe a calendar that is used to
determine an accurate time for casketing the deceased, services and disposition
Brother - ANSWER✔✔-In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of a religious order without
being ordained
Brotherhood - ANSWER✔✔-Relating to a social or religious organization.
Burial (Interment) - ANSWER✔✔-the act of placing the dead human body in the ground
Burial case - ANSWER✔✔-generic term used in America to designate all burial receptacles as new
variations of the coffin were being offered.
Burial club - ANSWER✔✔-organizations intended to assist people of the working classes, particularly
guild members, to defray the heavy expenses of the funeral and to perpetuate the memory of dead
friends; costs were shared by others via weekly collections; were the forerunners of industrial insurance.
Burial in Woolen Act of 1666 - ANSWER✔✔-required that woolen cloth be substituted for linen in the
shroud and lining of the coffin; was an attempt to shift the use of imported linen to the expanding paper
industry of England and provide customers for the wool industry. Heavy fines were assessed for
violation; not repealed until 1814.
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