New Wineskins Dictionary

A NEW DICTIONARY OF ECCLESIASTICAL TERMS CURATED BY TWO HARMLESS DRUDGES.

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Absconce

Agistment

Almuce

Ambo

Amice

Anamnesis

Antependium

Antilegomena

Apsidal

Arch-brace

Aumbry

Barbican

Belfry

Breviary

Burse

Buttress

Cappa clausa

Cassock

Chasuble

Chevet

Cincture

Clerestory

Corbel

Corrodian

Cotta

Crossfigill

Culdee

Dalmatic 

Decretum

Denization

Dilapidations

Discalced

Dowry

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New Wineskins Dictionary

Old ecclesiastical terms redefined for the modern discerning churchgoer by two harmless drudges.

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