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| ruler who preside over missions or parishes |
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the priest of an independent parish church
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| ordained leader of Christian congregation |
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| a person who is invested with the care of souls of a parish, could be a priest assigned to a parish who is not the pastor |
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| a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of or agent of a superior |
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| care of souls is the exercise by a priestof his office, embracing instruction by sermons and admonitions, and administration of sacraments |
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| legal economic system that controlled who gets what position |
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| support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another |
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| a church building other than the parish church built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently |
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| the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage |
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| one-tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a levy or tax-like payment usually to support a religious organization |
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organization of lay people created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy |
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| A church or parish festival at which ale was sold to raise money for charity |
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| central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church |
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| the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building |
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| an area in a church building which is reserved for the clergy |
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| an area set crosswise to the nave in a cross shaped building in romanesque and gothic christian church architecture |
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| an ornate screen constructed of wood, stone or wrought iron, which would originally have been surmounted by a loft carrying a sculptural representation of the crucifixion |
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| an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults |
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| a chapel inside a cathedral, basilica, or large church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. middle-sized churches often had a side-altar dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
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| the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel |
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| a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals |
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| a recluse or hermit, especially a religious recluse |
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| someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting Eucharist-focused life |
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| St. Anthony of the Desert |
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| first monk, took vow of lifelong poverty and chastity, hermit, went into desert to be by himself and people kept following him and he was like "leave me alone" |
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| from Egypt, created the cenobitic monasticism, created Paschomial Rule (rule of conduct that regulated everyday life) |
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| monastic tradition that stresses community life. the community belongs to a religious order and life is regulated by a religious rule, a collection of precepts |
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| Bishop of Caesarea, established guidelines for Greek Orthodox cenobitic monasticism, focuses on community life, liturgical prayer, and manual labor |
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| hermit, tough, strict, rule of Benedictine (strict simplicity), Benedictine Order (section of monks) that followed poverty, chastity, obedience, manual labor, simple food, etc. |
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| Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the Benedictine Order here around 529 |
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| chastity, poverty, obedience |
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| this principle of the Benedictine monasteries reads "pray and work" |
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| "work of God", seven hours of divine office, seven times of day to pray |
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| a form of monophonic liturgical music within western christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services |
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| a titlegiven to the head of a monastery in various traditions including Christianity |
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a monastic superior, lower in rank than an abbot. substituted for the provost (senior official) of the Rule of St. Benedict |
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| the chief singer (and oftentimes instructor) employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir |
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| acted as chief purveyor of all foodstuffs to the monastery and as general steward |
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| a servant or guard posted at the entrance of a building, had the duty of opening and closing the church door and of guarding the church, especially of ensuring no unbaptised persons would enter during the Eucharist |
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a nun or a consecrated virgin, a woman who has made a special religious vow in public
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| a catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns, emphasis is on manual labour and self-sufficiency, support themselves through activities such as agriculture and brewing ales |
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| a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order |
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a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the christian clergy, live together and follow a certain rule
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| a return to primitive Christianity with zeal for souls and a simple life in common, preaching and poverty |
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| begging or relying on charitable donations, most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive |
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| members of the religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi, mendicant religious order known as the Rule of St. Francis |
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| in charge of the kids that would come into the monastery, kids are called oblates |
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| abbesses and nuns with liturgical functions, as well as the wives of men who were being raised to the episcopacy |
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| a member of a religious community of women (nuns) living a simple life, many communities observe the monastic rule of St. Augustine |
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a priest or minister who lives in a community under the Augustinian Rule and shares their property in common.
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| fight against heretics, pope calls in Dominicans to help |
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