Abba, n.
Church sense: bishop of Syriac/Coptic church (WORDS).
General meaning: Father; (Aramaic); bishop of Syriac/Coptic church; (false read obba/decanter). [WORDS]

ablutio, -nis, n.
Church sense: washing, ablution; pouring on (mixture of water and wine) in the liturgy (WORDS).
General meaning: washing, ablution; pouring on (mixture of water and wine) in the liturgy. [WORDS]

absolvo, -ere, -i, -utus, v.
Church sense: the remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Absolution').
General meaning: free (bonds), release; acquit; vote for/secure acquittal; pay off; sum up. [WORDS]

abyssus, -i, n.
Church sense: primarily and classically an adjective, very deep ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Abyss').
General meaning: deep, sea; abyss; hell, infernal pit; bowels of the earth; primal chaos. [WORDS]

addecimo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: tithe (WORDS).
General meaning: take the tenth part/a tenth; tithe. [WORDS]

adoleo, -re, -ui, -ultus, v.
Church sense: worship, make/burn sacrifice/offerings (WORDS).
General meaning: worship, make/burn sacrifice/offerings; cremate; destroy/treat by fire/heat. [WORDS]

Adonai, n.
Church sense: Lord, God (WORDS).
General meaning: Lord, God; (Hebrew). [WORDS]

adoro, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: in the strict sense, an act of religion offered to God in acknowledgment of His supreme perfection and dominion, and of the creature's dependence upon Him ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Adoration').
General meaning: honor, adore, worship, pay homage, reverence; beg, plead with, appeal to. [WORDS]

adventus, -, n.
Church sense: according to 1907 usage, a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle and embracing four Sundays ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Advent').
General meaning: arrival, approach; visit, appearance, advent; ripening; invasion, incursion. [WORDS]

aedis, -, n.
Church sense: temple, shrine (WORDS).
General meaning: temple, shrine; tomb; apartment, room; house (pl.), abode/dwelling; household. [WORDS]

aedituo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: act as sacristan, be in charge/take care of temple (WORDS).
General meaning: act as sacristan, be in charge/take care of temple. [WORDS]

aedituus, -i, n.
Church sense: sacristan, one who has charge of a temple; custodian of a temple; priest (WORDS).
General meaning: sacristan, one who has charge of a temple; custodian of a temple; priest. [WORDS]

agenda, -e, n.
Church sense: ritual (WORDS).
General meaning: ritual; what must be done; agenda. [WORDS]

Alleluia, interj.
Church sense: a liturgical mystic expression ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Alleluia').
General meaning: Halleluia, cry of joy and praise to God; (praise ye Jehovah). [WORDS]

altar, -is, n.
Church sense: in the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Altar (in Liturgy)').
General meaning: altar, fittings for burnt offerings; burnt offerings; high altar. [WORDS]

altare, -is, n.
Church sense: in the New Law the altar is the table on which the Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Altar (in Liturgy)').
General meaning: altar (usu. pl.), fitting for burnt offerings; burnt offering; high altar. [WORDS]

altarium, -i, n.
Church sense: altar; high altar (WORDS).
General meaning: altar; high altar. [WORDS]

amen, adv.
Church sense: one of a small number of Hebrew words which have been imported unchanged into the liturgy of the Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Amen').
General meaning: amen; (from Hebrew); truly/verily/so be it; true/faithful; truth/faithfulness. [WORDS]

anathema, -tis, n.
Church sense: another name for excommunication, especially when inflicted with the solemnities described in the Roman Pontifical (can. 2257, § 2).
General meaning: offering; sacrificial victim; curse; cursed thing; excommunication, anathema. [WORDS]

angelicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: angelic; of an angel; belonging to angels (WORDS).
General meaning: angelic; of an angel; belonging to angels; [Doctor ~ => St. Thomas Aquinas]. [WORDS]

angelus, -i, n.
Church sense: the word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Angel').
General meaning: angel; messenger. [WORDS]

anima, -e, n.
Church sense: the question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Soul').
General meaning: soul, spirit, vital principle; life; breathing; wind, breeze; air (element). [WORDS]

annuntiatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: annunciation/announcement, declaration; prediction/prophecy; preaching (WORDS).
General meaning: annunciation/announcement, declaration; message; prediction/prophecy; preaching. [WORDS]

Antichristus, -i, n.
Church sense: defines the word according to its biblical and ecclesiastical usage ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Antichrist').
General meaning: Antichrist. [WORDS]

antista, -e, n.
Church sense: mother superior, head of convent; superioress (WORDS).
General meaning: mother superior, head of convent; superioress. [WORDS]

antistita, -e, n.
Church sense: (high) priestess (of a temple/deity, w/GEN) (WORDS).
General meaning: (high) priestess (of a temple/deity, w/GEN). [WORDS]

apocalypsis, -, n.
Church sense: the name given to the last book in the Bible, also called the Book of Revelation ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apocalypse, Book of').
General meaning: revelation, disclosing; (Book of Revelations, Apocalypse of St John). [WORDS]

apostata, -e, n.
Church sense: one who, after baptism and while retaining the Christian name, departs totally from the Christian faith (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: apostate; bad/wicked man. [WORDS]

apostato, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: the word itself in its etymological sense, signifies the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apostasy').
General meaning: fall away (from), apostatize, forsake one's religion. [WORDS]

apostolus, -i, n.
Church sense: apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apostles, The').
General meaning: apostle; missionary (one sent). [WORDS]

ara, -e, n.
Church sense: altar, structure for sacrifice, pyre; sanctuary (WORDS).
General meaning: altar, structure for sacrifice, pyre; sanctuary; home; refuge, shelter. [WORDS]

archangelus, -i, n.
Church sense: archangel (WORDS).
General meaning: archangel. [WORDS]

archisynagogus, -i, n.
Church sense: head/ruler of synagogue (WORDS).
General meaning: head/ruler of synagogue; archisynagogue. [WORDS]

atheus, -i, n.
Church sense: that system of thought which is formally opposed to theism ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Atheism').
General meaning: atheist, one who does not believe in God; (as nickname). [WORDS]

azymum, -i, n.
Church sense: unleavened bread (pl.) (WORDS).
General meaning: unleavened bread (pl.). [WORDS]

azymus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: unleavened (WORDS).
General meaning: unleavened; pure, morally uncorrupted (L+S). [WORDS]

bannus, -i, n.
Church sense: in general the ecclesiastical announcement of the names of persons contemplating marriage ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Banns of Marriage').
General meaning: proclamation, edict; ban; penalty; marriage banns (pl.). [WORDS]

baptisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: the door and foundation of the sacraments, necessary for all unto salvation in fact or at least in desire, validly conferred only by the washing with true and natural water together with the prescribed form of words (can. 737, § 1).
General meaning: baptism; dipping in/under, washing, ablution. [WORDS]

baptizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: one of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the 'first sacrament', the 'door of the sacraments', and the 'door of the Church' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Baptism').
General meaning: baptize; immerse. [WORDS]

beatifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: bless (WORDS).
General meaning: bless; make happy. [WORDS]

beatitudo, -inis, n.
Church sense: the immediate knowledge of God which the angelic spirits and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Beatific Vision').
General meaning: supreme happiness, blessedness, a blessed condition, beatitude. [WORDS]

beatus, -i, n.
Church sense: according to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Beatification and Canonization').
General meaning: happy/fortunate men/persons (pl.); "the_rich"; The Blessed, Saints. [WORDS]

benedico, -ere, -xi, -tus, v.
Church sense: bless (WORDS).
General meaning: bless; praise; speak well of; speak kindly of (classically 2 words). [WORDS]

benedictio, -nis, n.
Church sense: blessing; benediction; consecrated/sacred object (WORDS).
General meaning: blessing; benediction; extolling, praising; consecrated/sacred object. [WORDS]

benedictus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: blessed (WORDS).
General meaning: blessed; blest; approved/praised/spoken well of (person). [WORDS]

beneplacitus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: pleasing, acceptable (cf. can. 73).
General meaning: pleasing, acceptable; agreeable. [WORDS]

benigno, -are, v.
Church sense: rejoice, take delight (in) (cf. can. 2219).
General meaning: rejoice, take delight (in). [WORDS]

Biblium, -i, n.
Church sense: Bible (pl.) (early usage) (WORDS).
General meaning: Bible (pl.) (early usage). [WORDS]

bino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: binate (offer two masses in one day) (WORDS).
General meaning: duplicate; binate (offer two masses in one day). [WORDS]

blasphemia, -e, n.
Church sense: signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Blasphemy').
General meaning: blasphemy (against God); slander; reviling. [WORDS]

blasphemo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Blasphemy').
General meaning: blaspheme (against God); revile; reproach. [WORDS]

caelestis, -, n.
Church sense: divinity, god/goddess; god-like person (WORDS).
General meaning: divinity, god/goddess; god-like person; the_Gods (pl.). [WORDS]

caelum, -i, n.
Church sense: in the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Genesis 1:20 speaks of the birds 'under the firmament of heaven' (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Heaven').
General meaning: heaven, sky, heavens; space; air, climate, weather; universe, world; Jehovah. [WORDS]

caeremonia, -e, n.
Church sense: ceremony; sacred rite/ritual/usage; holy dread, reverence, worship (WORDS).
General meaning: ceremony; sacred rite/ritual/usage; holy dread, reverence, worship; sanctity. [WORDS]

calix, -cis, n.
Church sense: occupies the first place among sacred vessels, and by a figure of speech the material cup is often used as if it were synonymous with the Precious Blood itself ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chalice').
General meaning: cup, goblet, a vessel for drinking; chalice; cup of wine; pot; water regulator. [WORDS]

candela, -e, n.
Church sense: the word candle (candela, from candeo, to burn) was introduced into the English language as an ecclesiastical term, probably as early as the eighth century ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Candles').
General meaning: tallow candle/taper; waxen cord; fire (L+S). [WORDS]

capitulum, -i, n.
Church sense: designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies, said to be derived from the chapter of the rule book, which it was the custom to read in the assemblies of monks ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chapter').
General meaning: chapter/article (in book); religious/cathedral chapter, chapter meeting/house. [WORDS]

cappa, -e, n.
Church sense: a vestment which may most conveniently be described as a long liturgical mantle, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Cope').
General meaning: cape, cloak, cassock, cope. [WORDS]

castitas, -tis, n.
Church sense: the virtue which excludes or moderates the indulgence of the sexual appetite ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chastity').
General meaning: chastity, fidelity; virginity; sexual/moral/ritual purity; integrity, morality. [WORDS]

catechizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: instruct in religion, teach by question and answer, catechize (WORDS).
General meaning: instruct in religion, teach by question and answer, catechize. [WORDS]

cereus, -i, n.
Church sense: the word candle (candela, from candeo, to burn) was introduced into the English language as an ecclesiastical term, probably as early as the eighth century ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Candles').
General meaning: wax light, taper, candle. [WORDS]

charisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: spiritual/God-given gift, grace, talent, charisma (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Ecc)).
General meaning: gift, present. [WORDS]

Cherub, n.
Church sense: angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Cherubim').
General meaning: cherub. [WORDS]

Cherubim, n.
Church sense: angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Cherubim').
General meaning: Cherubim, rank of angels; heavenly choir; cherubs (pl.). [WORDS]

Christianus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: Christian (WORDS).
General meaning: Christian. [WORDS]

Christus, -i, n.
Church sense: Christ (WORDS).
General meaning: Christ. [WORDS]

circumcisio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the Hebrew word, like the Greek (peritome), and the Latin (circumcisio), signifies a cutting and, specifically, the removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, from the penis ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Circumcision').
General meaning: circumcision; cutting around (physical/moral). [WORDS]

clerus, -i, n.
Church sense: the clergy: those dedicated to the divine ministry by the reception of at least first tonsure (can. 108, § 1).
General meaning: clergy, clerical order. [WORDS]

coinquinatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: polluting, defiling (WORDS).
General meaning: polluting, defiling; pollution. [WORDS]

commenda, -e, n.
Church sense: commendam, temporal income without spiritual obligation, layman's benefice (WORDS).
General meaning: commendam, temporal income without spiritual obligation, layman's benefice. [WORDS]

communio, -nis, n.
Church sense: by Communion is meant the actual reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Communion').
General meaning: community, mutual participation; association; sharing; fellowship; communion. [WORDS]

compunctio, -nis, n.
Church sense: remorse, sting/prick of conscience (WORDS).
General meaning: puncture, prick; remorse, sting/prick of conscience. [WORDS]

concilium, -i, n.
Church sense: article looking at the definition, place in church governance and short historical sketches of each council until Vatican I ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Councils, Ecumenical').
General meaning: public gathering/meeting; popular assembly, council; hearing; debate/discussion. [WORDS]

concio, -nis, n.
Church sense: etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Homily').
General meaning: |sermon. [WORDS]

conciono, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: preach/harangue (WORDS).
General meaning: address assembly, deliver public speech; preach/harangue; attend public meeting. [WORDS]

concupiscibil, -is, adj.
Church sense: valuable (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Ecc)).
General meaning: worthy to be longed for, very desirable. [WORDS]

confessio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Penance, Sacrament of').
General meaning: |confession, acknowledgement; (act implying) admission (of guilt); proof, token. [WORDS]

confirmanda, -e, n.
Church sense: candidate for confirmation (female) (WORDS).
General meaning: candidate for confirmation (female). [WORDS]

confiteo, -re, -essus, v.
Church sense: a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Penance, Sacrament of').
General meaning: confess (w/ACC), admit, acknowledge, reveal, disclose; concede, allow; denote. [WORDS]

congrua, -e, n.
Church sense: salary of pastor (WORDS).
General meaning: salary of pastor. [WORDS]

conjector, -is, n.
Church sense: diviner, seer (WORDS).
General meaning: soothsayer; interpreter of dreams; diviner, seer. [WORDS]

consecratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the dedication of a place or thing to divine worship or the burial of the faithful by the consecration or blessing prescribed in the approved liturgical books (can. 1154).
General meaning: consecration, dedication; making sacred; deification; devoting person to a god. [WORDS]

consecratus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: consecrated, holy, sacred (WORDS).
General meaning: consecrated, holy, sacred. [WORDS]

consecro, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: an act by which a thing is separated from a common and profane to a sacred use, or by which a person or thing is dedicated to the service and worship of God by prayers, rites, and ceremonies ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Consecration').
General meaning: consecrate/dedicate, set apart; hallow, sanctify; deify; curse; vow to a god. [WORDS]

consenior, -is, n.
Church sense: fellow-presbyter (WORDS).
General meaning: fellow-elder; fellow-presbyter. [WORDS]

contritus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: lat. contritio, a breaking of something hardened ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Contrition').
General meaning: contrite; penitent. [WORDS]

conversatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: monastic life (WORDS).
General meaning: way/manner of life, conduct/behavior; monastic life; frequent resorting (place). [WORDS]

cooperator, -is, n.
Church sense: coworker, fellow helper (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Ecc)).
General meaning: joint-laborer, co-operator; assistant. [WORDS]

corban, n.
Church sense: gift/corban (Hebrew); offering given to God usually associated w/vow (WORDS).
General meaning: gift/corban (Hebrew); offering given to God usually associated w/vow. [WORDS]

corbona, -e, n.
Church sense: corban, treasure chamber of Jerusalem Temple where money offerings are placed (WORDS).
General meaning: corban, treasure chamber of Jerusalem Temple where money offerings are placed. [WORDS]

creatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: like other words of the same ending, the term creation signifies both an action and the object or effect thereof. Thus, in the latter sense, we speak of the 'kingdoms of creation', 'the whole creation', and so on ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Creation').
General meaning: |creation; creating/producing/bringing forth something from nothing/something. [WORDS]

credens, -tis, n.
Church sense: believer (WORDS).
General meaning: believer; the_faithful (pl.). [WORDS]

crucifixus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: crucified (WORDS).
General meaning: crucified. [WORDS]

culpa, -e, n.
Church sense: crime (esp. against chastity) (WORDS).
General meaning: fault/blame/responsibility (w/GEN); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence. [WORDS]

daemon, -is, n.
Church sense: in Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Demon').
General meaning: spirit, supernatural being, intermediary between man and god; evil demon/devil. [WORDS]

daemonium, -i, n.
Church sense: in Scripture and in Catholic theology this word has come to mean much the same as devil and denotes one of the evil spirits or fallen angels ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Demon').
General meaning: spirit; Socrates' indwelling genius; familiar; little spirit (L+S); demon/devil. [WORDS]

decima, -e, n.
Church sense: the tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, alotted to the clergy for their support or devoted to religious or charitable uses ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Tithes').
General meaning: tithe; tenth part; (offering/tax/largesse); tax/right to collect 10%; 10th hour. [WORDS]

dedicatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's service, is more properly applied to the 'setting aside' of places for a special and sacred purpose ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Dedication').
General meaning: dedication, consecration, ceremonial opening; act/rite conferring sanctity. [WORDS]

delictum, -i, n.
Church sense: an external and morally imputable violation of a law to which a canonical sanction, at least indeterminate, is attached (can. 2195, § 1).
General meaning: fault/offense/misdeed/crime/transgression; sin; act short of standard; defect. [WORDS]

deprecatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: prayer to avert/ward off; invocation; supplication/entreaty/plea (WORDS).
General meaning: prayer to avert/ward off; invocation; supplication/entreaty/plea; extenuation. [WORDS]

depreco, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: avert by prayer; entreat/pray/beg (WORDS).
General meaning: avert by prayer; entreat/pray/beg; intercede/beg pardon/mercy/relief/exemption. [WORDS]

desolatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: spoken of in St. Matthew, xxiv, 15, and St. Mark, xiii, 14 ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Abomination of Desolation, The').
General meaning: desolation; desert; solitude. [WORDS]

Deus, Dei, n.
Church sense: God (Christian text); god; divine essence/being, supreme being; statue of god (WORDS).
General meaning: God (Christian text); god; divine essence/being, supreme being; statue of god. [WORDS]

devenero, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: exorcise; ward off by religious rite, avert by prayers; reverence/worship (L+S) (WORDS).
General meaning: exorcise; ward off by religious rite, avert by prayers; reverence/worship (L+S). [WORDS]

devotio, -nis, n.
Church sense: devotion by general/army to infernal gods for country; spell/sorcery (WORDS).
General meaning: devotion by general/army to infernal gods for country; curse; spell/sorcery. [WORDS]

diabolicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: devilish/diabolic; characteristic of/proceeding/derived from the devil (WORDS).
General meaning: devilish/diabolic; characteristic of/proceeding/derived from the devil. [WORDS]

diabolus, -i, n.
Church sense: the name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons. With the article (ho) it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as in Matthew 25:41, 'the Devil and his angels' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Devil').
General meaning: devil; The Devil, Satan, Prince of Evil/Darkness; evil one. [WORDS]

diaconia, -e, n.
Church sense: deaconate, office/position of deaconship; service, ministry (WORDS).
General meaning: deaconate, office/position of deaconship; service, ministry; hospice. [WORDS]

diaconus, -i, n.
Church sense: the name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Deacons').
General meaning: deacon; cleric of minor orders (first/highest level). [WORDS]

dilectio, -nis, n.
Church sense: delight, pleasure (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Bee)).
General meaning: love; goodwill. [WORDS]

divinitas, -tis, n.
Church sense: divinity, quality/nature of God; divine excellence/power/being (WORDS).
General meaning: divinity, quality/nature of God; divine excellence/power/being; divining. [WORDS]

divinus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: divine, of a deity/god, godlike; sacred; divinely inspired, prophetic (WORDS).
General meaning: divine, of a deity/god, godlike; sacred; divinely inspired, prophetic; natural. [WORDS]

divus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: divine; blessed, saint (Latham) (WORDS).
General meaning: divine; blessed, saint (Latham). [WORDS]

Dominica, -e, n.
Church sense: Sunday (Day of the Sun), as the name of the first day of the week, is derived from Egyptian astrology ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sunday').
General meaning: Sunday, the Lord's day. [WORDS]

ecclesia, -e, n.
Church sense: church; (Universal) Church (Dif) (WORDS).
General meaning: church; assembly, meeting of the assembly (Greek); (Universal) Church (Dif). [WORDS]

Ecclesiastes, -is, n.
Church sense: Ecclesiastes, Book of Bible/OT; The Preacher (WORDS).
General meaning: Ecclesiastes, Book of Bible/OT; The Preacher. [WORDS]

eleemosyna, -e, n.
Church sense: any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Alms and Almsgiving').
General meaning: alms, almshouse; gift to a church, religious foundation; pity; (act of) mercy. [WORDS]

encaenium, -i, n.
Church sense: also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of Lights ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Dedication, Feast of the').
General meaning: consecration; dedication; festival. [WORDS]

ephod, n.
Church sense: part of clothing of a Jewish priest (WORDS).
General meaning: part of clothing of a Jewish priest. [WORDS]

episcopatus, -, n.
Church sense: the title of an ecclesiastical dignitary who possesses the fullness of the priesthood to rule a diocese as its chief pastor, in due submission to the primacy of the pope ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Bishop').
General meaning: bishopric; episcopate; bishop's office/dignity/see; overseer; post of authority. [WORDS]

episcopium, -i, n.
Church sense: bishop's see; bishop's residence (WORDS).
General meaning: bishop's see; bishop's residence. [WORDS]

episcopus, -i, n.
Church sense: a successor of the Apostles, placed by divine institution over a particular church which he governs with ordinary power under the authority of the Roman Pontiff (can. 329, § 1).
General meaning: bishop; patriarch; [~ castrensis => military bishop; ~ chori => choir director]. [WORDS]

ethnicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: pagan (WORDS).
General meaning: heathen; pagan. [WORDS]

evangelista, -e, n.
Church sense: the word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Gospel and Gospels').
General meaning: preacher (of the Gospel); evangelist. [WORDS]

Evangelium, -i, n.
Church sense: the word Gospel usually designates a written record of Christ's words and deeds ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Gospel and Gospels').
General meaning: Gospel, Good News. [WORDS]

evangelizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: preach/declare/proclaim (the Gospel); evangelize, win to Gospel by preaching (WORDS).
General meaning: preach/declare/proclaim (the Gospel); evangelize, win to Gospel by preaching. [WORDS]

exauditio, -nis, n.
Church sense: favorable answer to prayer (WORDS).
General meaning: favorable answer to prayer. [WORDS]

exequia, -e, n.
Church sense: funeral procession/rites/services (pl.), obsequies (WORDS).
General meaning: funeral procession/rites/services (pl.), obsequies; [~ ire => attend funeral]. [WORDS]

exorcista, -e, n.
Church sense: (1) In general, any one who exorcises or professes to exorcise demons (cf. Acts 19:13); (2) in particular, one ordained by a bishop for this office, ordination to which is the second of the four minor orders of the Western Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Exorcist').
General meaning: exorcist; cleric of minor orders (second level from top/deacon). [WORDS]

extasia, -e, n.
Church sense: offers details of false views ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Ecstasy').
General meaning: rapture; ecstasy; trance. [WORDS]

fano, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: an ornamental vestment in the form of a band, a little over a yard long and from somewhat over two to almost four inches wide, which is placed on the left arm in such manner that it falls in equal length on both sides of the arm ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Maniple').
General meaning: dedicate; consecrate. [WORDS]

feria, -e, n.
Church sense: a day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Feria').
General meaning: festival/holy day; day of rest/holiday/leisure; holidays (pl.); fair. [WORDS]

festum, -i, n.
Church sense: a feast day; the holydays of obligation in the universal Church are all Sundays and the feasts of Christmas, the Circumcision, the Epiphany, the Ascension, Corpus Christi, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, St. Joseph, SS. Peter and Paul, and All Saints (can. 1247, § 1).
General meaning: holiday; festival; feast day. [WORDS]

fides, -i, n.
Church sense: in the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man's attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Faith').
General meaning: faith, loyalty; honesty; credit; confidence, trust, belief; good faith. [WORDS]

fornicaria, -e, n.
Church sense: fornicatress (WORDS).
General meaning: fornicatress; woman (unmarried) who has voluntary sex; prostitute/whore. [WORDS]

fornicatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: |fornication, (unmarried) sex (WORDS).
General meaning: |fornication, (unmarried) sex; prostitution/whoredom. [WORDS]

fornicator, -is, n.
Church sense: fornicator (WORDS).
General meaning: fornicator; man (usu. unmarried) who has voluntary sex with (unmarried) woman. [WORDS]

fornico, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: prostitute/devote to unworthy use (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Def)).
General meaning: fornicate; commit fornication/whoredom. [WORDS]

gehenna, -e, n.
Church sense: Hell (infernus) in theological usage is a place of punishment after death ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hell').
General meaning: hell; (from valley near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Moloch). [WORDS]

gentilis, -, n.
Church sense: in the English versions of both Testaments it collectively designates the nations distinct from the Jewish people ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Gentiles').
General meaning: gentiles (pl.); non-Jews (to Jew); heathens (to Christian), not of one's faith. [WORDS]

glorifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: magnify, honor, worship (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Def)).
General meaning: glorify; exalt in thought/speech; uplift. [WORDS]

haeresis, -, n.
Church sense: after baptism, the obstinate denial of, or obstinate doubt about, a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, by one who retains the Christian name (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: philosophical/religious school of thought/sect; heresy/heretical doctrine (L+S). [WORDS]

haereticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: one who, after baptism and while retaining the Christian name, obstinately denies or doubts a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: heretical, of/belonging to heretical religious doctrines. [WORDS]

holocaustum, -i, n.
Church sense: as suggested by its Greek origin (holos 'whole', and kaustos 'burnt') the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations of antiquity. [Definition from 1910.] ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holocaust').
General meaning: whole burnt offering, sacrifice wholly consumed by fire; holocaust; (Hebrew). [WORDS]

holocautom, -atis, n.
Church sense: whole burnt offering, sacrifice wholly consumed by fire (WORDS).
General meaning: whole burnt offering, sacrifice wholly consumed by fire; holocaust; (Hebrew). [WORDS]

Hosanna, interj.
Church sense: the general opinion is that of St. Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm 117:25 (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hosanna').
General meaning: Hosanna, "God save", a cry of praise (Hebrew). [WORDS]

humano, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: (in PASSIVE of the incarnation of Christ) (WORDS).
General meaning: make human; (in PASSIVE of the incarnation of Christ). [WORDS]

humerale, -is, n.
Church sense: a short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the other sacerdotal vestments, needing to be blessed before use ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Amice').
General meaning: cape, protective shoulder cover; outer robe; ecclesiastic humeral; amice. [WORDS]

hymnus, -i, n.
Church sense: a derivative of the Latin hymnus, which comes from the Greek hymnos, derived from hydein, to sing ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hymn').
General meaning: hymn. [WORDS]

hypocrisis, -, n.
Church sense: the pretension to qualities which one does not possess, or, more cognately to the scope of this article, the putting forward of a false appearance of virtue or religion ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hypocrisy').
General meaning: hypocrisy, pretended sanctity; mimicry, imitation of speech/gestures. [WORDS]

idolatria, -e, n.
Church sense: idolatry, idol worship (WORDS).
General meaning: idolatry, idol worship. [WORDS]

idololatria, -e, n.
Church sense: etymologically denotes divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Idolatry').
General meaning: idolatry, idol worship. [WORDS]

idolothytum, -i, n.
Church sense: food offered to idols; something sacrificed to idols/images of false/pagan gods (WORDS).
General meaning: food offered to idols; something sacrificed to idols/images of false/pagan gods. [WORDS]

idolum, -i, n.
Church sense: E:idol, image of pagan god (WORDS).
General meaning: specter, apparition; image, form; E:idol, image of pagan god. [WORDS]

immolo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: this term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrifice').
General meaning: sacrifice, offer (victim) in sacrifice; sprinkle with sacred meal; immolate. [WORDS]

incantatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: incantation; (false) statement (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Def)).
General meaning: enchantment; spell. [WORDS]

incensum, -i, n.
Church sense: an aromatic substance which is obtained from certain resinous trees and largely employed for purposes of religious worship ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Incense').
General meaning: incense; sacrifice (w/incense/burning victims); lighting (L+S); setting fire. [WORDS]

incircumcisus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: w/foreskin intact (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Souter)).
General meaning: uncircumcised; uncorrected/uncleansed; sinning. [WORDS]

incredulitas, -tis, n.
Church sense: unbelief (Christian sense) (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Souter)).
General meaning: disbelief, incredulity. [WORDS]

infernus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of hell (WORDS).
General meaning: lower, under; underground, of the lower regions, infernal; of hell. [WORDS]

inspiratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: covered in four sections, I. Belief in Inspired books; II. Nature of Inspiration; III. Extent of Inspiration; IV. Protestant Views on the Inspiration of the Bible ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Inspiration of the Bible').
General meaning: inspiration; breath of life; soul (without body). [WORDS]

jejunium, -i, n.
Church sense: the law of fast prescribing that but one meal be taken in the day, not forbidding some food in the morning and evening according to the approved custom of places as to quantity and quality (can. 1251, § 1).
General meaning: fasting/fast (day); Lent; hunger; leanness; [caput jejunius => Ash Wednesday]. [WORDS]

jejuno, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: fast (WORDS).
General meaning: fast; abstain form. [WORDS]

jubilaeus, -i, n.
Church sense: the seventh year, devoted to cessation of agriculture, and holding in the period of seven years a place analogous to that of the Sabbath in the week; also called 'Year of Remission' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sabbatical Year').
General meaning: year of the jubilee among Jews; (slaves freed and property reverts); 50th year. [WORDS]

Judaismus, -i, n.
Church sense: Judaism (WORDS).
General meaning: Judaism. [WORDS]

judicium, -i, n.
Church sense: to it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the 'Day of the Lord' (Joel 3:4; Ezekiel 13:5; Isaiah 2:12), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'General Judgment').
General meaning: trial, legal action/process; court/tribunal; courts; administration of justice. [WORDS]

laicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: the body of the faithful, outside of the ranks of the clergy ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Laity').
General meaning: lay, common; of the laity/people; not priestly/in orders/consecrated. [WORDS]

Lavabo, n.
Church sense: the first word of that portion of Psalm 25 said by the celebrant at Mass while he washes his hands after the Offertory, from which word the whole ceremony is named ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Lavabo').
General meaning: Lavabo, ceremonial hand washing in liturgy. [WORDS]

Levita, -e, n.
Church sense: the subordinate ministers appointed in the Mosaic Law for the service of the Tabernacle and of the Temple ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Levites').
General meaning: deacon; Levite. [WORDS]

libatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: libation, sacrificial offering (esp. of drink) (WORDS).
General meaning: libation, sacrificial offering (esp. of drink). [WORDS]

maledictio, -nis, n.
Church sense: curse/punishment/condemnation (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Souter)).
General meaning: slander/abuse; evil speaking, reviling. [WORDS]

mammona, -e, n.
Church sense: mamona; the spelling Mammona is contrary to the textual evidence and seems not to occur in printed Bibles till the edition of Elzevir ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Mammon').
General meaning: riches, wealth; (gain of wickedness, quasi-personification of covetousness OED). [WORDS]

manna, n.
Church sense: the food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Exodus 16 and Numbers 11:6-9) ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Manna').
General meaning: manna; (food from God for wandering Hebrews); [man hu => (Hebrew) what is this]. [WORDS]

martyr, -is, n.
Church sense: the Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation. The term martyr came to be exclusively applied to those who had died for the faith ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Martyr').
General meaning: martyr; witness; one who by his death bears witness to the truth of Christ. [WORDS]

matrimonium, -ii, n.
Church sense: between the baptized, the matrimonial contract itself, raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament (can. 1012, § 1).
General meaning: marriage; matrimony; wedlock. [WORDS]

mitra, -e, n.
Church sense: a kind of folding-cap consisting of two like parts, each stiffened by a lining and rising to a peak; these are sewn together on the sides, but are united above by a piece of material that can fold together ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Mitre').
General meaning: mitre (bishop/abbot); oriental headband/coif/turban/head-dress; rope/cable. [WORDS]

mortificatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: one of the methods which Christian ascesticism employs in training the soul to virtuous and holy living ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Mortification').
General meaning: killing; death; (eccles.). [WORDS]

mortifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: mortify, subdue, reduce to weakness (WORDS).
General meaning: kill; destroy; mortify, subdue, reduce to weakness. [WORDS]

mysterium, -i, n.
Church sense: this term signifies in general that which is unknowable, or valuable knowledge that is kept secret ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Mystery').
General meaning: mystery, secret service/rite/worship (usu. pl.); secret, things not divulged. [WORDS]

mysticum, -i, n.
Church sense: things (pl.) pertaining to/used in sacred mysteries/rites (WORDS).
General meaning: things (pl.) pertaining to/used in sacred mysteries/rites. [WORDS]

mysticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of/belonging to/used in sacred mysteries/rites (WORDS).
General meaning: of/belonging to/used in sacred mysteries/rites; secret, mysterious; mystical. [WORDS]

obedientia, -e, n.
Church sense: the complying with a command or precept (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Obedience').
General meaning: obedience, compliance, submission to authority. [WORDS]

obsecratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: supplication, entreaty; public act of prayer (WORDS).
General meaning: supplication, entreaty; public act of prayer. [WORDS]

omnipotentia, -e, n.
Church sense: the power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Omnipotence').
General meaning: almighty power; omnipotence. [WORDS]

oratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the raising of the heart and mind to God ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Prayer').
General meaning: speech, oration; eloquence; prayer. [WORDS]

ordinatus, -i, n.
Church sense: the sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Orders').
General meaning: ordinatus, one (clergy) who has a church (versus cardinatus). [WORDS]

ordino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: the sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Orders').
General meaning: order/arrange, set in order; adjust, regulate; compose. [WORDS]

ostiarius, -i, n.
Church sense: a minor order also called "doorkeeper" ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Porter').
General meaning: porter, doorkeeper; cleric of minor orders (lowest/fourth level from deacon). [WORDS]

Papa, -e, n.
Church sense: the Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter in the primacy, who has not only the primacy of honor but the supreme and full power of jurisdiction over the universal Church (can. 218, § 1).
General meaning: pope. [WORDS]

paraclitus, -i, n.
Church sense: another name for the Holy Ghost (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Paraclete').
General meaning: advocate, defender, protector, helper, comforter; (appellation for Holy Ghost). [WORDS]

paradisus, -i, n.
Church sense: the name popularly given in Christian tradition to the scriptural Garden of Eden ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Terrestrial Paradise').
General meaning: Paradise, Garden of Eden; abode of the blessed; park, orchard; a town/river. [WORDS]

parasceva, -e, n.
Church sense: among Hellenistic Jews, the name for Friday ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Parasceve').
General meaning: day of preparation, day before the Sabbath. [WORDS]

Pascha, -e, n.
Church sense: great Jewish holiday ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Pasch').
General meaning: Passover; Easter. [WORDS]

passio, -nis, n.
Church sense: disease (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Bee)).
General meaning: suffering; passion; (esp. of Christ). [WORDS]

patriarcha, -e, n.
Church sense: the word 'patriarch' as applied to Biblical personages comes from the Septuagint version . . (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Patriarch').
General meaning: patriarch; father/chief of a tribe; chief bishop, Patriarch. [WORDS]

peccator, -is, n.
Church sense: sinner (WORDS).
General meaning: sinner; transgressor. [WORDS]

peccatum, -i, n.
Church sense: a moral evil ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sin').
General meaning: sin; moral offense; error, mistake; lapse, misdemeanor; transgression; wrong. [WORDS]

pecco, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: sin (WORDS).
General meaning: sin; do wrong, commit moral offense; blunder, stumble; be wrong. [WORDS]

Pentecosta, -e, n.
Church sense: a feast which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Pentecost').
General meaning: Pentecost, Whit-Sunday, fiftieth day after Easter. [WORDS]

Phase, n.
Church sense: Jewish feast; paschal lamb/sacrifice at the Passover (WORDS).
General meaning: Passover; Jewish feast; paschal lamb/sacrifice at the Passover. [WORDS]

phylacterium, -i, n.
Church sense: small square cases of leather, worn on the forehead and forearm, used for devotional purposes ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Phylacteries').
General meaning: amulet; phylactery, scripture text in box on forehead of Jews; gladiator medal. [WORDS]

piaculum, -i, n.
Church sense: expiatory offering or rite; sin (WORDS).
General meaning: expiatory offering or rite; sin; crime. [WORDS]

poenitentia, -e, n.
Church sense: a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Penance, Sacrament of').
General meaning: regret (for act); change of mind/attitude; penance. [WORDS]

pontifex, -icis, n.
Church sense: the Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter in the primacy, who has not only the primacy of honor but the supreme and full power of jurisdiction over the universal Church (can. 218, § 1).
General meaning: high priest/pontiff; (of Roman supreme college of priests); pope. [WORDS]

pontificus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: pontifical (WORDS).
General meaning: pontifical. [WORDS]

praedico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: preach (WORDS).
General meaning: proclaim/declare/make known/publish/announce formally; praise/recommend; preach. [WORDS]

presbyterium, -i, n.
Church sense: assembly of elders/presbyters; priest's house? (WORDS).
General meaning: assembly of elders/presbyters; priest's house?. [WORDS]

presbyterus, -i, n.
Church sense: elder/presbyter (in Christian Church); priest (WORDS).
General meaning: elder/presbyter (in Christian Church); priest. [WORDS]

prior, -is, n.
Church sense: superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior (WORDS).
General meaning: superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior. [WORDS]

propheta, -e, n.
Church sense: says that in the strict sense, prophecy is the revelation of future events, but points out that in Scripture, prophecy may also be related to the gift of knowledge and sometimes is used to refer to divine inspiration concerning any secret ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Prophecy').
General meaning: prophet; spokesman/interpreter of a god; foreteller, soothsayer (L+S). [WORDS]

prophetia, -e, n.
Church sense: says that in the strict sense, prophecy is the revelation of future events, but points out that in Scripture, prophecy may also be related to the gift of knowledge and sometimes is used to refer to divine inspiration concerning any secret ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Prophecy').
General meaning: prophecy; prediction; body of prophets/singers. [WORDS]

propitiatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: atonement, propitiation, appeasement (WORDS).
General meaning: atonement, propitiation, appeasement. [WORDS]

propitiator, -is, n.
Church sense: atoner, propitiator; (often Christ in eccl.) (WORDS).
General meaning: atoner, propitiator; (often Christ in eccl.). [WORDS]

propitiatorium, -i, n.
Church sense: atonement; place of atonement (WORDS).
General meaning: atonement; means of reconciliation; place of atonement. [WORDS]

propitiatorius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: propitiating, reconciling; atoning (WORDS).
General meaning: propitiating, reconciling; atoning. [WORDS]

proselytus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: as used in the New Testament, a convert to Judaism ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Proselyte').
General meaning: foreign, strange, come from abroad. [WORDS]

psalmus, -i, n.
Church sense: the Psalter, or Book of Psalms, is the first book of the 'Writings', i.e. of the third section of the printed Hebrew Bible of today (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Psalms').
General meaning: psalm; Psalm of David. [WORDS]

pseudochristus, -i, n.
Church sense: false-Christ (WORDS).
General meaning: false-Christ. [WORDS]

pseudopropheta, -e, n.
Church sense: false prophet (WORDS).
General meaning: false prophet. [WORDS]

pseudoprophetia, -e, n.
Church sense: false prophecy (WORDS).
General meaning: false prophecy. [WORDS]

pudicitia, -e, n.
Church sense: chastity (WORDS).
General meaning: chastity; modesty; purity. [WORDS]

pythonissa, -e, n.
Church sense: witch; sorceress (WORDS).
General meaning: witch; sorceress. [WORDS]

quadragesima, -e, n.
Church sense: an article on the origins of Lenten fasting ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Lent').
General meaning: Lent; Christian fast of forty days. [WORDS]

rabbi, n.
Church sense: article covering a 1913 Catholic view of Rabbinism ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Rabbi and Rabbinism').
General meaning: rabbi; teacher, master; (Hebrew). [WORDS]

religio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a society approved by legitimate ecclesiastical authority, in which the members, according to its proper laws, pronounce public vows, perpetual or temporary to be renewed when they lapse, and so tend to evangelical perfection (can. 488, 1°).
General meaning: supernatural constraint/taboo; obligation; sanction; worship; rite; sanctity. [WORDS]

reprobatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: reprobation (WORDS).
General meaning: rejection; reprobation. [WORDS]

resurrectio, -nis, n.
Church sense: resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Resurrection of Jesus Christ').
General meaning: resurrection, rising again. [WORDS]

retributio, -nis, n.
Church sense: punishment (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Souter)).
General meaning: retribution, recompense/repayment; reward (from judgment). [WORDS]

revelatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the communication of some truth by God to a rational creature through means which are beyond the ordinary course of nature ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Revelation').
General meaning: revelation; uncovering, laying bare; Revelation of St. John. [WORDS]

ritus, -, n.
Church sense: the ceremonies, prayers, and functions of any religious body ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Rites').
General meaning: rite; ceremony. [WORDS]

Sabaoth, n.
Church sense: [Deus Sabaoth => God of Hosts] (WORDS).
General meaning: hosts (pl.); armies; (Hebrew); [Deus Sabaoth => God of Hosts]. [WORDS]

Sabbaoth, n.
Church sense: [Deus Sabaoth => God of Hosts] (WORDS).
General meaning: hosts (pl.); armies; (Hebrew); [Deus Sabaoth => God of Hosts]. [WORDS]

sabbatismus, -i, n.
Church sense: the seventh day of the week among the Hebrews, the day being counted from sunset to sunset, that is, from Friday evening to Saturday evening ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sabbath').
General meaning: observing/keeping of the sabbath. [WORDS]

sabbatizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: observe/keep the sabbath (WORDS).
General meaning: observe/keep the sabbath. [WORDS]

sabbatum, -i, n.
Church sense: the seventh day of the week among the Hebrews, the day being counted from sunset to sunset, that is, from Friday evening to Saturday evening ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sabbath').
General meaning: Sabbath (usu. pl.); Saturday (Jewish); Sunday (Christian); festival/feast day. [WORDS]

sacerdos, -tis, n.
Church sense: the minister of Divine worship and sacrifice ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Priest').
General meaning: priest, priestess. [WORDS]

sacerdotal, -is, adj.
Church sense: priestly, connected with priests or priesthood (WORDS).
General meaning: priestly, connected with priests or priesthood. [WORDS]

sacerdotium, -i, n.
Church sense: priesthood; benefice/living (Erasmus) (WORDS).
General meaning: priesthood; benefice/living (Erasmus). [WORDS]

sacramentum, -i, n.
Church sense: one of the sacraments of the New Law, instituted by Christ our Lord as a principal means of sanctification and salvation (can. 731, § 1).
General meaning: sum deposited in a civil process, guaranty; oath of allegiance; sacrament. [WORDS]

sacrificium, -i, n.
Church sense: this term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrifice').
General meaning: sacrifice, offering to a deity. [WORDS]

sacrifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: this term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrifice').
General meaning: sacrifice; celebrate the Mass (Erasmus). [WORDS]

sacrificum, -i, n.
Church sense: sacrifice, offering to a deity (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrifice, offering to a deity. [WORDS]

sacrificus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: sacrificial, associated with the performance of sacrifice/priestly duties (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrificial, associated with the performance of sacrifice/priestly duties. [WORDS]

sacrilegium, -i, n.
Church sense: the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. In a less proper sense any transgression against the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrilege').
General meaning: sacrilege; robbery of sacred property. [WORDS]

sacrilegus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: sacrilegious, impious (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrilegious, impious. [WORDS]

sacro, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: consecrate, make sacred, dedicate (WORDS).
General meaning: consecrate, make sacred, dedicate. [WORDS]

saecular, -is, adj.
Church sense: the secular cleric makes no profession and follows no religious rule ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Secular Clergy').
General meaning: secular, of world not church; gentile. [WORDS]

salvatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: salvation has in Scriptural language the general meaning of liberation from straitened circumstances or from other evils, and of a translation into a state of freedom and security ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Salvation').
General meaning: salvation; deliverance. [WORDS]

salvator, -is, n.
Church sense: savior (WORDS).
General meaning: savior. [WORDS]

sanctificatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: sanctuary (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Plater)).
General meaning: holiness; holy mystery. [WORDS]

sanctifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: sanctify, treat as holy (WORDS).
General meaning: sanctify, treat as holy. [WORDS]

sanctimonia, -e, n.
Church sense: holiness or sanctity is the outcome of sanctification, that Divine act by which God freely justifies us, and by which He has claimed us for His own; by our resulting sanctity, in act as well as in habit, we claim Him as our Beginning and as the End towards which we daily unflinchingly tend ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holiness').
General meaning: sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity, virtue. [WORDS]

sanctuarium, -i, n.
Church sense: Church architecture term ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sanctuary').
General meaning: sanctuary, shrine; place keeping holy things or private/confidential records. [WORDS]

sanctus, -i, n.
Church sense: saint (WORDS).
General meaning: saint. [WORDS]

Satan, n.
Church sense: adversary (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Def)).
General meaning: Satan, the Devil. [WORDS]

scandalum, -i, n.
Church sense: a word or action evil in itself, which occasions another's spiritual ruin ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Scandal').
General meaning: temptation/inducement to sin; cause of offense; stumbling block. [WORDS]

scenopegia, -e, n.
Church sense: one of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Tabernacles, Feast of').
General meaning: Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. [WORDS]

schisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: the refusal of subjection to the Supreme Pontiff, or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: schism/split/deep divide; separation/breaking away; (refusal to submit to Pope). [WORDS]

scriptura, -e, n.
Church sense: sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old and New Testament ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Scripture').
General meaning: writing; composition; scripture. [WORDS]

sedes, -is, n.
Church sense: a term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy See').
General meaning: seat; home, residence; settlement, habitation; chair. [WORDS]

SELAHo, v.
Church sense: selah, musical pause (Psalms); sing loud (WORDS).
General meaning: selah, musical pause (Psalms); sing loud; change pitch; (full meaning unknown). [WORDS]

Seraph, n.
Church sense: Seraphim, angels (pl.) of higher order among the Jews (WORDS).
General meaning: Seraphim, angels (pl.) of higher order among the Jews. [WORDS]

Seraphim, n.
Church sense: a Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special class of heavenly attendants of Yahweh's court ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Seraphim').
General meaning: Seraphim, angels (pl.) of higher order among the Jews. [WORDS]

simonia, -e, n.
Church sense: usually defined 'a deliberate intention of buying or selling for a temporal price such things as are spiritual of annexed unto spirituals' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Simony').
General meaning: simony; buying/selling of a benefice/ecclesiastical position. [WORDS]

solemnitas, -tis, n.
Church sense: ritual/solemn observance (WORDS).
General meaning: solemnity; ritual/solemn observance; proper/necessary/proper formality (legal). [WORDS]

solitarius, -i, n.
Church sense: also called anchorites, men who fled the society of their fellow-men to dwell alone in retirement ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hermits').
General meaning: hermit; anchorite; person living alone. [WORDS]

spiritus, -, n.
Church sense: the doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning the Holy Ghost forms an integral part of her teaching on the mystery of the Holy Trinity ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Ghost').
General meaning: breath, breathing, air, soul, life. [WORDS]

sponsal, -is, n.
Church sense: the promise of marriage, unilateral or bilateral, null for both fora unless made in a writing signed by the parties and by the pastor or local Ordinary or by at least two witnesses (can. 1017, § 1).
General meaning: betrothal (pl.), espousal; wedding; wedding feast. [WORDS]

stigma, -e, n.
Church sense: reproduction of Christ's wounds (WORDS).
General meaning: mark hot tattooed on runaway slaves/criminals; reproduction of Christ's wounds. [WORDS]

supersubstantial, -is, adj.
Church sense: although the Latin term oratio dominica is of early date, the phrase 'Lord's Prayer' does not seem to have been generally familiar in England before the Reformation (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Lord's Prayer').
General meaning: life-sustaining. [WORDS]

tabernaculum, -i, n.
Church sense: Old Testament precursor to the Temple ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Tabernacle').
General meaning: tent; Jewish Tabernacle; [~ capere => (augur) set up tent to make observations]. [WORDS]

templum, -i, n.
Church sense: the Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Temple').
General meaning: temple, church; shrine; holy place. [WORDS]

tentatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: an incitement to sin whether by persuasion or by the offer of some good or pleasure ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Temptation').
General meaning: temptation; trial. [WORDS]

thymiama, -tis, n.
Church sense: incense (WORDS).
General meaning: incense; composition for fumigating (L+S). [WORDS]

thymiamaterium, -i, n.
Church sense: vessel for incense (WORDS).
General meaning: vessel for incense; censer. [WORDS]

timoratus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: God-fearing, devout, reverent (WORDS).
General meaning: God-fearing, devout, reverent. [WORDS]

transgressor, -is, n.
Church sense: transgressor (cf. can. 14).
General meaning: transgressor. [WORDS]

tribulatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: tribulation (WORDS).
General meaning: tribulation; distress, trouble. [WORDS]

velamen, -inis, n.
Church sense: for nun/Muslim) (WORDS).
General meaning: veil; for nun/Muslim); covering (esp. clothing for body/parts). [WORDS]

veneratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: veneration, reverence, worship (WORDS).
General meaning: veneration, reverence, worship. [WORDS]

venero, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: adore, revere, do homage to, honor, venerate; worship; beg, pray, entreat (WORDS).
General meaning: adore, revere, do homage to, honor, venerate; worship; beg, pray, entreat. [WORDS]

virgo, -inis, n.
Church sense: morally, virginity signifies the reverence for bodily integrity which is suggested by a virtuous motive ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Virginity').
General meaning: maiden, young woman, girl of marriageable age; virgin, woman sexually intact. [WORDS]

visitatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view of maintaining faith and discipline, and of correcting abuses by the application of proper remedies ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Visitation, Canonical').
General meaning: |visit/visitation; (to sick/prisoners); visit of inspection/supervision. [WORDS]

vitium, -i, n.
Church sense: regarded as a habit inclining one to sin ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Vice').
General meaning: fault, vice, crime, sin; defect. [WORDS]

votum, -i, n.
Church sense: a deliberate and free promise made to God of a possible and better good, which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion (can. 1307, § 1).
General meaning: vow, pledge, religious undertaking/promise; prayer/wish; votive offering; vote. [WORDS]

voveo, -re, -i, votus, v.
Church sense: a promise made to God ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Vows').
General meaning: vow, dedicate, consecrate. [WORDS]