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#990. Worship.-- N. worship

• adoration

• devotion

• aspiration

• homage

• service

• humiliation

• kneeling

• genuflection

• prostration

• prayer

• invocation

• supplication

• rogation

• intercession

• orison

• holy

• breathing

• petition

• collect

• litany

• Lord's prayer

• paternoster[Lat]

• vigils

• revival

• cult

• anxious meeting

• camp meeting;

• ebenezer

• virginal

• thanksgiving

• giving thanks

• returning thanks

• grace

• praise

• glorification

• benediction

• doxology

• hosanna

• hallelujah

• Te Deum[Lat]

• non nobis Domine[Lat]

• nunc dimittis[Lat]

• paean;

• benschen[Ger]

• Ave Maria

• O Salutaris

• Sanctus[Lat]

• The Annunciation

• Tersanctus

• Trisagion

• psalm

• psalmody

• hymn

• plain song

• chant

• chaunt

• response

• anthem

• motet

• antiphony

• oblation

• sacrifice

• incense

• libation

• burnt offering

• heave

• offering

• votive offering

• offertory

• discipline

• self-discipline

• self-examination

• self-denial

• fasting

• divine service

• office

• duty

• exercises

• morning prayer

• mass

• matins

• evensong

• vespers

• holyday

• worshipper

• congregation

• communicant

• celebrant

• V. worship

• lift up the heart

• aspire

• revere

• adore

• do

• service

• pay homage

• humble oneself

• kneel

• bow the knee

• bend the knee;

• fall down

• fall on one's knees

• prostrate oneself

• bow down and worship

• pray

• invoke

• supplicate

• put up

• offer up prayers

• offer petitions;

• beseech

• say one's prayers

• tell one's beads

• return thanks

• give thanks

• say grace

• bless

• praise

• laud

• glorify

• magnify

• sing praises

• give benediction

• lead the choir

• intone

• deacon

• deacon off

• propitiate[U.S.]

• offer sacrifice

• fast

• deny oneself

• vow

• offer

• vows

• give alms

• work out one's salvation

• go to church

• attend service

• attend mass;

• communicate

• Adj. worshipping

• devout

• devotional

• reverent

• pure

• solemn;

• fervid

• Int. hallelujah

• pray God that! God grant

• God bless

• God save

• God forbid! sursum corda

• [Lat]

• Phr. "making their lives a prayer" [Whittier]

• ora et labora[Lat];

• "prayers ardent open heaven" [Young]

#991. Idolatry. -- N. idolatry

• idol-worship

• demon-worship

• devil-worship

• fire-

• worship

• zoolatry

• fetishism

• fetichism

• heliolatry

• Mariolatry

• deification

• apotheosis

• canonization

• hero worship

• sacrifices

• hecatomb

• holocaust

• human sacrifices

• immolation

• infanticide

• self-immolation

• suttee

• idol

• golden calf

• graven image

• fetich

• avatar

• lares et penates[Lat]

• Baal

• V. worship idols

• worship pictures

• worship relics

• deify

• canonize

• Adj. idolatrous

#992. Sorcery.-- N. sorcery

• occult art

• occult sciences

• magic

• the

• black art

• necromancy

• theurgy

• demonology

• bedevilment

• witchcraft

• witchery

• glamor

• fetishism

• fetichism

• ghost dance

• hoodoo

• obi

• voodoo

• voodooism

• Shamanism [Esquimaux]

• vampirism

• conjuration

• bewitchery

• exorcism

• enchantment

• mysticism

• second sight

• mesmerism

• animal magnetism

• od force

• clairvoyance

• spiritualism

• spirit rapping

• table

• turning

• divination

• ordeal

• sortes

• hocus-pocus

• V. practice sorcery

• cast a nativity

• conjure

• exorcise

• charm

• enchant

• bewitch

• bedevil

• hoodoo

• voodoo

• entrance

• mesmerize

• magnetize;

• fascinate

• taboo

• wave a wand

• rub the ring

• rub the

• lamp

• cast a spell

• call up spirits

• call up spirits from the vasty deep;

• raise spirits from the dead

• Adj. magic

• magical

• mystic

• weird

• cabalistic

• talismanic

• incantatory

• charmed

• Circean

• voodoo

#993. Spell.-- N. spell

• charm

• incantation

• exorcism

• weird

• exsufflation|

• runes

• abracadabra

• open

• sesame

• Ephesian letters

• bell book and candle

• Mumbo

• Jumbo

• evil eye

• fee-faw-fum

• talisman

• amulet

• phylactery

• philter;

• fetich

• fetish

• agnus Dei[Latin: lamb of God]

• mascot

• Om

• scarab

• triskelion

• veronica

• wishbone;

• swastika

• wand

• caduceus

• rod

• divining rod

• wishing-cap

• Fortunatus's cap

#994. Sorcerer.-- N. sorcerer

• magician

• theurgist

• conjuror

• necromancer

• seer

• wizard

• witch

• hoodoo

• voodoo;

• fairy

• hag

• warlock

• charmer

• exorcist

• cunning man

• medicine man;

• Shaman

• figure flinger

• medium

• clairvoyant

• fortune

• teller

• mesmerist

• deus ex machina[Lat]

• soothsayer

• Katerfelto

• Cagliostro

• Mesmer

• Rosicrucian

• Circe

• siren

• weird

• sisters

#995. Churchdom.-- N. church

• churchdom

• ministry

• priesthood

• prelacy

• church government

• christendom

• pale

• of the church

• clericalism

• episcopalianism

• theocracy

• odium theologicum[Lat]

• monasticism

• [Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate

• primacy

• prelacy

• bishopric

• episcopate

• episcopacy

• see

• diocese

• deanery

• stall;

• canonry

• prebend

• benefice

• incumbency

• glebe

• living

• cure

• vicariate

• vicarship

• curacy

• chaplain

• chaplaincy

• chaplainship

• cardinalate

• abbacy

• presbytery

• holy orders

• ordination

• institution

• consecration

• induction

• reading

• in

• preferment

• translation

• presentation

• the Vatican

• the apostolic see

• religious sects

• 984

• council

• conclave

• convocation

• synod

• consistory

• chapter

• vestry

• sanhedrim

• ecclesiastical courts

• consistorial

• court

• court of Arches

• V. call

• ordain

• induct

• prefer

• translate

• consecrate

• present

• take orders

• take the tonsure

• take the veil

• take vows

• Adj. ecclesiastical

• clerical

• sacerdotal

• priestly

• prelatical

• pastoral

• ministerial

• theocratic;

• hierarchical

• archiepiscopal

• episcopal

• episcopalian

• canonical

• monastic

• monkish

• pontifical

• papal

• apostolic

• Roman

• Popish

• ultramontane

• priest-ridden

#996. Clergy.-- N. clergy

• clericals

• ministry

• priesthood

• presbytery

• the cloth

• the desk

• clergyman

• divine

• ecclesiastic

• churchman

• priest

• presbyter

• pastor

• shepherd

• minister

• father

• father in Christ;

• padre

• abbe

• cure

• patriarch

• reverend

• black coat

• confessor

• dignitaries of the church

• ebdomarius[Lat]

• eminence

• reverence

• elder

• primate

• metropolitan

• archbishop

• bishop

• prelate

• diocesan

• dean

• archdeacon

• prebendary

• canon

• rural dean

• rector

• parson

• vicar

• perpetual curate

• beneficiary

• incumbent

• chaplain

• curate

• deacon

• deaconess

• preacher

• reader

• lecturer;

• missionary

• propagandist

• Jesuit

• revivalist

• field

• preacher

• churchwarden

• clerk

• choir

• almoner

• verger

• beadle

• sexton

• sacristan

• acolyte

• altar boy

• chorister

• [Roman Catholic priesthood] Pope

• Papa

• pontiff

• high priest

• cardinal

• confessor

• penitentiary;

• spiritual director

• cenobite

• conventual

• abbot

• prior

• monk

• friar

• lay brother

• mendicant

• pilgrim

• palmer

• canon regular

• canon secular;

• Franciscan

• Friars minor

• Minorites

• Observant

• Capuchin

• Dominican

• Carmelite

• Gilbertine

• Black

• Friars

• White Friars

• Gray Friars

• Crossed Friars

• Crutched Friars;

• Carthusian

• Cistercian

• Trappist

• Cluniac

• Premonstatensian

• Maturine

• Templar

• Hospitaler

• Lorettine

• abbess

• prioress

• nun

• novice

• postulant

• [Under the Jewish dispensation] prophet

• priest

• high priest

• Levite;

• Rabbi

• Rabbin

• Rebbe

• scribe

• [Mohammedan

• muezzin

• ayatollah

• ulema

• imam

• sheik

• sufi

• mufti

• hadji

• dervish

• fakir

• guru

• druid

• Lama

• V. take orders

• Adj. the Reverend

• the very Reverend

• the Right Reverend

• ordained

• in

• orders

• called to the ministry

#997. Laity. -- N. laity

• flock

• fold

• congregation

• assembly

• brethren

• people

• society [U.S.]

• temporality

• secularization

• layman

• civilian

• parishioner

• catechumen

• secularist

• V. secularize

• Adj. secular

• lay

• laical

• civil

• temporal

• profane

#998. Rite.-- N. rite

• ceremony

• ritual

• liturgy

• ceremonial;

• ordinance

• observance

• function

• duty

• form

• formulary

• solemnity

• sacrament

• incantation

• service

• psalmody

• 990

• ministration

• preaching

• preachment

• predication

• sermon

• homily

• lecture

• discourse

• pastoral

• [Christian ritual for induction into the faith] baptism

• christening

• chrism

• circumcision

• baptismal regeneration

• font

• confirmation

• imposition of hands

• laying on of hands

• ordination

• (churchdom) 9

• excommunication

• [Jewish rituals] Bar Mitzvah

• Bris

• Eucharist

• Lord's supper

• communion

• the sacrament

• the holy

• sacrament

• celebration

• high celebration

• missa cantata[Lat];

• offertory

• introit

• consecration

• consubstantiation

• transubstantiation

• real presence

• elements

• mass

• high mass

• low mass

• dry

• mass

• matrimony

• burial

• visitation of the sick

• seven sacraments

• extreme

• unction

• viaticum

• invocation of saints

• canonization

• transfiguration

• auricular confession

• maceration

• flagellation

• sackcloth and ashes;

• penance

• telling of beads

• processional;

• incense

• holy water

• aspersion

• relics

• rosary

• beads

• reliquary

• host

• cross

• rood

• crucifix

• pax[Lat]

• pyx

• agnus Dei[Lat]

• censer

• thurible

• Holy Grail

• prayer machine

• prayer wheel

• ritualism

• ceremonialism

• ritualist

• holyday

• feast

• fast

• [Christian holy days] Sabbath

• Pentecost

• Advent

• Christmas

• Epiphany;

• Lent

• Passion week

• Holy week

• Easter

• Easter Sunday

• Whitsuntide

• agape

• Ascension Day

• Ash Wednesday

• Good Friday

• Holy Thursday;

• Lammas

• Martinmas

• Michaelmas

• All SAint's DAy

• All Souls' Day

• [Moslem holy days] Ramadan

• Ramazan

• Bairam

• [Jewish holy days] Passover

• Shabuoth

• Yom Kippur

• Day of Atonement;

• Rosh Hashana

• New Year

• Hanukkah

• Chanukkah

• Feast of Lights

• Purim

• Feast

• of lots

• V. perform service[ritual actions of clergy]

• do duty

• minister

• officiate

• baptize

• dip

• sprinkle

• anoint

• confirm

• lay hands on

• give the

• sacrament

• administer the sacrament

• administer extreme unction

• hear

• confession

• administer holy penance

• shrive

• excommunicate

• ban with bell

• book and candle

• [ritual actions of believers] attend services

• attend mass

• go to

• mass

• hear mass

• take the sacrament

• receive the sacrament

• receive

• communion

• attend the sacrament

• partake of the sacrament

• partake of

• communion

• communicate

• receive extreme unction

• confess

• go to

• confession

• receive penance

• [teaching functions of clergy] preach

• sermonize

• predicate

• lecture

• Adj. ritual

• ritualistic

• ceremonial

• baptismal

• eucharistical;

• paschal

• Phr. "what art thou

• thou idol ceremony?" [Henry V]

#999. Canonicals. -- N. canonicals

• vestments

• robe

• gown

• Geneva gown

• frock

• pallium

• surplice

• cassock

• cope

• scarf

• chasuble

• stole

• tonsure

• cowl

• hood

• bands

• apron

• lawn sleeves

• pall

• miter

• tiara

• triple crown

• shovel hat

• cardinal's hat

• biretta

• crosier

• pastoral staff

• costume

#1000. Temple.-- N. place of worship

• house of God

• house of prayer

• temple

• cathedral

• church

• kirk

• chapel

• meetinghouse

• tabernacle

• conventicle

• basilica

• holy place

• oratory

• synagogue

• mosque

• pantheon

• pagoda

• tope

• kiosk

• [clergymen's residence] parsonage

• rectory

• vicarage

• manse

• deanery

• glebe

• Vatican

• bishop's palace

• Lambeth

• altar

• shrine

• sanctuary

• Holy of Holies

• sanctum sanctorum[Lat]

• sacristy

• communion table

• holy table

• Lord's table

• table

• of the Lord

• pyx

• baptistery

• font

• stoup

• reredos

• rood loft

• rood screen

• [parts of a church: list] chancel

• quire

• choir

• nave

• aisle

• transept

• vestry

• crypt

• golgotha

• calvary

• Easter sepulcher

• stall

• pew;

• pulpit

• lectern

• reading desk

• confessional

• credence

• baldachin

• apse

• belfry

• chapter house;

• presbytery

• anxious-bench

• anxious-seat

• diaconicum[Lat]

• mourner's seat

• [exterior adjacent to a church] cloisters

• churchyard

• monastery

• priory

• abbey

• friary

• convent

• nunnery

• cloister

• Adj. claustral

• cloistered

• monastic

• monasterial

• conventual

• Phr. ne vile fano[It]

• "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a

• temple" [tempest]