Quiz 2 of 50 -- Ecclesiastical Terms

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 title given to the Virgin Mary as bearer of God 1 theotokos
2 lection
3 catabaptism
4 manciple
5 bema
2 to administer extreme unction to 1 pentateuch
2 beadle
3 bardocucullus
4 anele
5 pax
3 deacon's stole in Orthodox church 1 orarion
2 basilica
3 zeta
4 ostensory
5 zymite
4 short ecclesiastical vestment worn by bishop or subdeacon 1 theophany
2 tunicle
3 pietism
4 vesturer
5 basilica
5 covering or cloth over pulpit or altar 1 pyx
2 suffragan
3 antependium
4 requiescat
5 tabernacle
6 advisor to a Catholic bishop 1 consultor
2 rood
3 anele
4 postlude
5 unalist
7 moral standard; ecclesiastical banner bearing Christ's monogram 1 mersion
2 chimere
3 versicle
4 monkery
5 labarum
8 shrine erected in memory of a martyr 1 cenacle
2 martyrium
3 apologetics
4 retable
5 naos
9 woman living in a community under a religious rule 1 precentor
2 ditheletism
3 wimple
4 canoness
5 ultramontane
10 prayer service held just before bedtime 1 canticle
2 compline
3 ditheletism
4 benefice
5 colporteur
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 girdle or girdle-like structure; priest's belt 1 vesturer
2 classis
3 manciple
4 diphysitism
5 cingulum
12 vessel used to expose the Eucharist 1 prime
2 ambo
3 lection
4 postulator
5 monstrance
13 Jew converted to Christianity to avoid persecution 1 obit
2 introit
3 parousia
4 laicisation
5 marrano
14 cloth lain over coffin during funeral 1 hearsecloth
2 undercroft
3 anchorite
4 fenestella
5 conventicle
15 agreement between the pope and a secular government 1 aspergillum
2 ridel
3 concordat
4 cenobite
5 oratory
16 short cape with ornamental hood worn by Catholic prelates 1 mozzetta
2 tippet
3 agapetae
4 amice
5 chancel
17 stone seats for clergy in wall of chancel 1 sedilia
2 monial
3 requiescat
4 kerygma
5 thurible
18 series of Catholic church services held on nine successive days 1 orant
2 reredos
3 cenacle
4 decanal
5 novena
19 money or provisions for journey; Eucharist for a dying person 1 ambulatory
2 benefice
3 corporal
4 viaticum
5 zucchetto
20 place of prayer; oratory 1 chrismatory
2 cingulum
3 proseuche
4 housel
5 deodate
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 freestanding bell tower on church property 1 diptych
2 ditheletism
3 campanile
4 thurible
5 misericord
22 desk from which the Litany is read at church service 1 almoner
2 pardoner
3 reredos
4 faldstool
5 classis
23 reading; lesson read in church 1 paedobaptism
2 eschatology
3 clerestory
4 doxology
5 lection
24 cloth with image of Christ's face impressed upon it 1 dalmatic
2 quaestionary
3 vernicle
4 unction
5 martyrology
25 short hymn 1 adoptionism
2 pernoctate
3 sticheron
4 terce
5 beadle
26 chair or throne of office for a bishop or other high official 1 pnematomachy
2 situla
3 cathedra
4 panegyricon
5 cilice
27 Christ's rejection of his divine side upon assuming human form 1 theotokos
2 pronaos
3 discalced
4 kenosis
5 pulpitum
28 cloth worn on priest's arm and used for handling holy vessels 1 cartulary
2 fanion
3 invitatory
4 cantorial
5 hymnal
29 female religious recluse 1 hymnal
2 ancress
3 exedra
4 cathedra
5 responsory
30 member of impoverished religious order 1 hymnal
2 affusion
3 mendicant
4 postulant
5 concelebrate
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 a gift to or from God 1 zucchetto
2 tetragrammaton
3 tunicle
4 alb
5 deodate
32 buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices 1 glebe
2 oblate
3 feria
4 catechumen
5 simony
33 long black scarf worn by Anglican clergy 1 lappet
2 saltire
3 presbytery
4 tippet
5 comprecation
34 wash-basin for washing bodies of newly dead; room where lavabo kept 1 ostensory
2 diptych
3 martyrology
4 affusion
5 lavatory
35 stipend or salary paid to clergyman 1 cenacle
2 sacristan
3 monophysitism
4 chrismatory
5 prebend
36 viceroy; rank below patriarch in Eastern church 1 credence
2 exarch
3 sepulchre
4 adiaphoron
5 precentor
37 early Christian raised reading desk or pulpit 1 viaticum
2 chrisom
3 ambo
4 zucchetto
5 suffragan
38 group of recluses' cells 1 ubiquitarianism
2 regula
3 hearsecloth
4 housel
5 lavra
39 acceptance by a diocese of clergyman from another diocese 1 triduum
2 postlude
3 incardination
4 nipter
5 martyrolatry
40 place where sacred objects are kept 1 curate
2 sacrarium
3 adytum
4 verger
5 lavra
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 round skullcap worn by Catholic clergy to indicate rank 1 calefactory
2 purificator
3 dulia
4 exedra
5 zucchetto
42 altar curtain 1 advowson
2 magnificat
3 sacrarium
4 ridel
5 vestry
43 a group; governing body of Reformed churches 1 chrisom
2 kirking
3 aggiornamento
4 pericope
5 classis
44 crypt or vault under a church 1 mystagogical
2 bardocucullus
3 theophany
4 undercroft
5 homolegomena
45 treasury of a monastery or college 1 bursary
2 shrive
3 pulpitum
4 pneumatophany
5 datary
46 vessel for holy oil or wine for coronations or rituals 1 schola
2 baldaquin
3 autotheism
4 ampulla
5 pallium
47 badge of monastic order worn on the shoulders 1 scapular
2 antechapel
3 rood
4 predella
5 catechumen
48 side altar in Catholic church 1 repository
2 laicism
3 sinecure
4 jube
5 vesturer
49 official who presents case for canonization or beatification 1 eschatology
2 postulator
3 nones
4 martyrology
5 conventicle
50 sacred word or acronym of four letters 1 ablegate
2 antependium
3 accensor
4 Mariolatry
5 tetragrammaton
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 narrow ecclesiastical vestment or scarf 1 hieratical
2 tetragrammaton
3 calotte
4 prebendal
5 stole
52 benefice presented to church without reference to bishop 1 retrochoir
2 Mariolatry
3 donative
4 indult
5 tiara
53 belief that Christ had only one will 1 unaneled
2 cincture
3 monotheletism
4 procathedral
5 tippet
54 book containing daily church service 1 mandriarch
2 churching
3 hegumene
4 breviary
5 requiescat
55 a holy bucket 1 diaconicon
2 situla
3 compline
4 pernoctate
5 pannicle
56 located on south side of the choir in a church 1 lectrice
2 sacerdotalism
3 decanal
4 datary
5 discalced
57 X-shaped cross 1 undercroft
2 shrive
3 antechapel
4 antiphon
5 saltire
58 guardian, custodian or keeper, especially of convents or monasteries 1 galilee
2 pietism
3 custos
4 wicket
5 tunicle
59 part of church containing altar and seats for choir 1 magnificat
2 intinction
3 chancel
4 cathisma
5 simony
60 ecclesiastical office or other job requiring little work 1 psalmodist
2 anamnesis
3 lection
4 poppyhead
5 sinecure
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 to hear a confession from and give absolution 1 parvis
2 shrive
3 pieta
4 mystagogical
5 lappet
62 narrow wooden spire on church roof 1 minster
2 hagioscope
3 churching
4 fleche
5 terce
63 appearance of a spirit; especially the Holy Ghost 1 Mariology
2 antiphon
3 tiara
4 guimpe
5 pneumatophany
64 small chapel for private prayer; lectern for prayer 1 pneumatophany
2 auto-da-fe
3 oratory
4 concelebrate
5 catechumen
65 church caretaker or bellringer 1 sexton
2 lavra
3 invination
4 pentateuch
5 pallium
66 religious pardoner 1 deiparous
2 quaestionary
3 dalmatic
4 chrisom
5 latria
67 weekday of a church calendar on which no holiday falls 1 confiteor
2 curia
3 hassock
4 retrochoir
5 feria
68 theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act 1 ablegate
2 monergism
3 prie-dieu
4 lection
5 agapetae
69 priest holding one benefice 1 unalist
2 baldaquin
3 feretory
4 archimandrite
5 pernoctate
70 chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul 1 deiparous
2 chantry
3 bursary
4 baptistery
5 fossarian
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 advocate or intercessor; the Holy Spirit acting in such a role 1 hyperdulia
2 aggiornamento
3 burse
4 presbytery
5 paraclete
72 censer 1 manciple
2 solifidianism
3 chrismatory
4 thurible
5 alb
73 anthology of writings, especially of church fathers 1 invination
2 monotheletism
3 viaticum
4 lavabo
5 florilegium
74 worship of the virgin mother 1 bethel
2 rochet
3 labarum
4 Mariolatry
5 martyrolatry
75 priest's dressing room 1 litany
2 laic
3 bema
4 vestry
5 monophysitism
76 spiritual relationship between child's parents and godparents 1 rescript
2 compaternity
3 sticheron
4 sinecure
5 altarage
77 Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor 1 exequy
2 housel
3 eirenics
4 starets
5 prebendal
78 papal secretary 1 jube
2 apocrisiary
3 parvis
4 retrochoir
5 curate
79 prayer of confession of sins 1 bulla
2 soteriology
3 confiteor
4 apse
5 galilee
80 papal envoy or legate 1 orarion
2 invitatory
3 frankalmoign
4 ablegate
5 exegetic
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 shaving of small area on the crown of head of a priest or monk 1 baldaquin
2 adiaphoron
3 tonsure
4 euchology
5 locum
82 one who brings tidings; high-ranking papal legate 1 orant
2 nuncio
3 bethel
4 pernoctate
5 ambo
83 book containing religious rites, especially for ordination 1 taperer
2 miter
3 theotokos
4 ordinal
5 starets
84 calling on the Holy Spirit to consecrate the Eucharist 1 fleche
2 bursary
3 epiclesis
4 thurible
5 comprecation
85 clergyman moonlighting as a gravedigger 1 psalmodist
2 baptistery
3 credence
4 fossarian
5 feretory
86 act of offering; a sacrifice; anything offered in worship 1 catholicos
2 oblation
3 introit
4 apologetics
5 nipter
87 pouring on; as of baptismal water 1 situla
2 pietism
3 affusion
4 aggiornamento
5 aspergillum
88 doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation 1 solifidianism
2 cruet
3 psalmody
4 kenosis
5 coadjutor
89 hymns collectively; hymn-singing 1 vestry
2 pardoner
3 hymnody
4 decanal
5 pieta
90 apocrypha; non-canonical books of the Bible 1 pseudepigrapha
2 sepulchre
3 monial
4 catholicos
5 eirenics
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist 1 martyrology
2 housel
3 decanal
4 adiaphoron
5 hyperdulia
92 characterized by Christian love 1 hegumene
2 diaconicon
3 agapeistic
4 viaticum
5 prebendal
93 modernization of ideas of the Catholic church 1 responsory
2 prie-dieu
3 aggiornamento
4 decanal
5 chrismation
94 founder or leader of a monastic order 1 precentor
2 pardoner
3 sepulchre
4 mandriarch
5 passalorynchite
95 dipping; as in baptism 1 mersion
2 triforium
3 maniple
4 osculatory
5 donative
96 gigantic stone screen separating cathedral choir from the nave 1 Mariolatry
2 fanion
3 confirmand
4 pulpitum
5 sticharion
97 preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order 1 pulpitum
2 scholasticate
3 novena
4 rogation
5 chevet
98 sacred part of a temple or church 1 cilice
2 homolegomena
3 cassock
4 adytum
5 diphysitism
99 screen or partition in Eastern churches with tiers of icons 1 oculus
2 procathedral
3 fleche
4 custos
5 iconostasis
100 round seal attached to a papal bull 1 staurolatry
2 bulla
3 orison
4 diptych
5 decretal
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