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Galilee
A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were ..
Meetinghouse
A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.
Ecclesiastical
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Domino
A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.
Sanctioned
of Sanction
Prebendary
A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3.
Standard
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Canonry
A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
Prebend
A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.
Cathedral
The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.
Approved
of Approve
Official
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
Magisterial
Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
Received
of Receive
Authoritative
Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
Mission
The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.
Authentic
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an ..
Temple
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Accepted
of Accept
Standard
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
