| Term | Definition |
|---|
| shabbos | the weekly sabbath or day of rest in the judaism |
| rectory | parsonage; the priest;s residence |
| hamlet | a rural settlemenl small village |
| anthracite | a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat |
| romping | froliving; gamboing, playing boisterously |
| chalice | a goblet or bowl-shaped dringking vessel, esp, the eucharistic cup |
| giled | made or covered with gold or simulated gold |
| galoshes | waterproof overshoes |
| luminous | softly bright or raidiant |
| cruet | a small bottle with a spout or lip and usually lid or stopper for holding wine, oil, vineger, ect. |
| catechism | a summary of religious doctrine often in the form of questions and answers |
| extortion | gaining money by threats of violence |
| biddies | old fussy women gossipy women also adult female chickens |
| ornate | flashy, flowery, showy, elaborately ornamented |
| mackinaw | a short plaid coat of thick woolen material |
| clarkbar | confection of chocolate covered honeycombed peanute butter |
| sacristy | room for keeping vestments and sacred vessels vestry |
| dillinger | american gangster or 1945 movie |
| parish | the local subdivision of a diocese; the area of the local church |
| tenements | apartment buildings, especially ones that are low-rent or run-down |
| lollygagging | fooling around or dawdling |
| tweed | thick woolen fabric that originated in scotland |
| cicture | a long cord for fastening same alds at the waist like a belt |
| sommunion | the act of participating in the celebration of the eucharist |
| oddity | something that is odd or strange, someone who is strange, an oddball , strangeness |
| fuzzy-wuzzy | ww2 australian troop name for papua new guinean |
| puny | weak, undersized |
| vestibule | an entrance room or reciption area; lobby or entrance |
| sermon | a religious speech or proclamation homily |
| stalactite | a cylinder of funnel-shaped mineral deposit that hanges from the ceiling |
| brazenly | in an audacious or unrestrained manner also made of or resembling brass |
| consecration | the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious making holy |
| tabernacle | a case on or near the altar that sontains the consecrated host,also a prtable tent or plave worship |
| dingus | somethings whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a fool or watchamacallit |
| paten | silcer or gold plate for the bread used at the holy communion |
| genuflect | to bend the knee or knes and bow in church |
| marquee | sign above a theatre telling the movie or artist now appearing |
| host | name for the bread used for holy communion;eucharist water |
| piety | revererence toward god; religious deviotness |
| svengali | one who controls another by mesmeric or sinister influence; religious decoatness |
| corporal | bodily; of the body; also a square white linen cloth placed on the altar during the celebration of a roman catholic |
| chaplain | a clergyman or priest |
| shazam | billy batson;s alter ego, also the name of the wizard |
| fagin | villain in dickens oliver twist |
| brogue | a strong accent particular irish also a kind of mens dress shoe |
| synagogue | a place of worship for a jewish congregation |
| missal | roman catholic church book containing prayers and liturgical responses |
| linoleum | a floor covering originally made from linseed oil and other ingredients |
| ciborium | a chalice shape vessel with a lid to contain the consecrated eucharish |
| vestments | alb amice cassock chasuble cincture coporal maniple stole surplice |
| purgatory | in roman catholic belief this is the plave where those who have died go to suffer away their sin before entering heaven |
| vaiantly | heroically |
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