Explanation of Words.

Alb, a vestment of the clergy.

Almoner, a person who distributes alms.
Amphitheatre, a place for public amusements.

Anathema, excommunication, the severest censure of the
Church.

Ascetics, devout persons, given up to a life of religion.
Asiarch, the principal heathen priest of Asia Minor.

Baptistery, a place for administering baptism.

Canons, ecclesiastical laws made by synods, also certain of the

clergy.

Catholic, universal, or universally received.

Convocation, an assembly of the clergy.

Council, an assembly of bishops.

Heresy, an obstinate denial or perversion of some article of

the faith.

Iconoclasts, image-breakers.

Irenarch, a magistrate who watched over the public peace.
Matins, morning service.

Metropolitan, a bishop who has the chief authority amongst the bishops of a province.

Oratory, a private chapel.

Ecumenical Synod, an assembly of bishops from all parts of the world.

Orisons, prayers.

Pall, an ornament worn originally by patriarchs, afterwards by metropolitans.

Patriarch, a bishop who has authority over metropolitans.

Proconsul, a Roman governor.

Schism, a criminal division in the Church, or a voluntary se

paration from it.

Synod, an assembly of bishops.

Temporalities, the property of the Church.

Vigil, watching at night with prayer.