Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
442 words | Chapter 201
#995. Churchdom.窶年. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship[obs3],
priesthood, prelacy, hierarch[obs3], church government, christendom,
pale of the church. clericalism, sacerdotalism[obs3], episcopalianism,
ultramontanism[obs3]; theocracy; ecclesiology[obs3],
ecclesiologist[obs3]; priestcraft[obs3], odium theologicum[Lat].
monachism[obs3], monachy[obs3]; monasticism, monkhood[obs3].
[Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate, primacy,
archbishopric[obs3], archiepiscopacy[obs3]; prelacy; bishopric,
bishopdom[obs3]; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall;
canonry, canonicate[obs3]; prebend, prebendaryship[obs3]; benefice,
incumbency, glebe, advowson[obs3], living, cure; rectorship[obs3];
vicariate, vicarship; deaconry[obs3], deaconship[obs3]; curacy;
chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship[obs3];
abbacy, presbytery. holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration,
induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation.
popedom[obs3]; the Vatican, the apostolic see; religious sects &c. 984.
council &c. 696; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter,
vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire[Fr]; ecclesiastical courts,
consistorial court, court of Arches. V. call, ordain, induct, prefer,
translate, consecrate, present. take orders, take the tonsure, take the
veil, take vows. Adj. ecclesiastical, ecclesiological[obs3]; clerical,
sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial,
capitular[obs3], theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal,
episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal[obs3]; monkish;
abbatial[obs3], abbatical[obs3]; Anglican[obs3]; pontifical, papal,
apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden.
#996. Clergy.窶年. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood,
presbytery, the cloth, the desk. clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic,
churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant[obs3], pastor, shepherd,
minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch;
reverend; black coat; confessor. dignitaries of the church;
ecclesiarch[obs3], hierarch[obs3]; ebdomarius[Lat]; eminence,
reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate,
diocesan, suffragan[obs3], dean, subdean[obs3], archdeacon, prebendary,
canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate,
residentiary[obs3], beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon,
deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular[obs3]; missionary,
propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. churchwarden,
sidesman[obs3]; clerk, precentor[obs3], choir; almoner, suisse[Fr],
verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth[obs3], acolothyst[obs3],
acolyte, altar boy; chorister. [Roman Catholic priesthood] Pope, Papa,
pontiff, high priest, cardinal; ancient flamen[obs3], flamen[obs3];
confessor, penitentiary; spiritual director. cenobite, conventual,
abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman[obs3], mendicant,
pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars
minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite;
Augustinian[obs3]; Gilbertine; Austin Friars[obs3], Black Friars, White
Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme[Fr],
Carthusian, Benedictine[obs3], Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac,
Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine[obs3],
Lorettine, pillarist[obs3], stylite[obs3]. abbess, prioress,
canoness[obs3]; religieuse[Fr], nun, novice, postulant. [Under the
Jewish dispensation] prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi,
Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe. [Mohammedan &c.] mullah, muezzin, ayatollah;
ulema, imaum[obs3], imam, sheik; sufi; kahin[obs3], kassis[obs3];
mufti, hadji, dervish; fakir, faquir[obs3]; brahmin[obs3], guru,
kaziaskier[obs3], poonghie[obs3], sanyasi[obs3]; druid, bonze[obs3],
santon[obs3], abdal[obs3], Lama, talapoin[obs3], caloyer[obs3]. V. take
orders &c. 995. Adj. the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right
Reverend; ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.
#997. Laity.窶年. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly,
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brethren, people; society [U.S.].
temporality, secularization.
layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist.
V. secularize.
Adj. secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.
#998. Rite.窶年. rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial;
ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity,
sacrament; incantation &c. (spell) 993; service, psalmody &c. (worship)
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