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Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..

Ecclesiarch :: Ecclesiarch (n.) An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church..

Processional :: Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn..

Paradise :: Paradise (n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc..

Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..

Apsidal :: Apsidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel..

Azymite :: Azymite (n.) One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Admission :: Admission (n.) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Hesychast :: Hesychast (n.) One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.

Join :: "Join (v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church..

Patristical :: Patristical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.

Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o

Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service..

Congregational :: Congregational (a.) Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church..

Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

Romanism :: Romanism (n.) The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.

Churchless :: Churchless (a.) Without a church.

Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country..

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