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 |