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Cenoby

Religion; General religion

1. A conventual establishment or religious community, 1475. 2. A place where persons live in community.

Hassock

Religion; General religion

1. A cushion for kneeling . 2. A padded cushion or low stool that serves as a seat or leg rest.

1. Of or concerning priests. 2. Of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests. Compare with demotic. 3. Of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to ...

Hieromonach

Religion; General religion

A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood, or a priest who has received monastic tonsure. In the Orthodox Church, a man must be either married or have been tonsured a ...

Arianism

Religion; General religion

First among the doctrinal disputes which troubled Christians after Constantine had recognised the Church in A.D. 313, and the parent of many more during some three centuries, Arianism occupies a ...

Choir

Religion; General religion

It is that part of the church where the stalls of the clergy are. The term is often loosely used for the whole of the eastern arm, including the choir proper, sanctuary, retro-choir, etc.

Culdees

Religion; General religion

The etymology of the term, the persons designated by it, their origin, their doctrines, the rule or rules under which they lived, the limits of their authority and privileges have all been matters of ...