New Wineskins Dictionary

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

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N-S

Narthex

Nimbus

Neophyte 

Oblate 

Obit

Orphrey

Pall

Pallium

Pannicle

Pastrix

Pentise

Pilaster

Plebania

Porticus

Pricket

Prie-dieu

Pyx

Quaresimal

Quinqagesima

Quire

Reredos

Retro-quire

Rogation

Rood

Sacristy

Scallop

Sedilia

Shrive

Slype

Spandrel

Springer

Squarson

Steeple 

Stoup

Surplice

Synod

New Wineskins Dictionary

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

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