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Glossary: Alphabetical List

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abbot
Ablution(s)
Acolyte
Advowson
Alb
Almoner
Antiphon
Antiphoner
Amice
Appurtenant rights
Assart

B

Black Death
Blessing of the Water
Bloodletting
Bovate

Bursar
Burse

C

Canonical Hours
Carthusians
Carta Caritatis (the Charter of Charity)
Cartulary
Cellarer
Cellaress
Chasuble
Cîteaux
Clairvaux
Cluny (adjective: Cluniac)
Collations
Communion
Compline
Cope
Coppicing
Corporal
Corrody
Cowl
Credence table
Crusade, The Second (1146-8)
Curtilage
Culture

D

Dalmatic
Daughter-house
Divine Office

E

Eucharist

F

Familia (familiars)
Father abbot
Feasts of two masses
Fief
Frankpledge
Freestone

Friars - see Mendicant Orders

G

General Chapter
Gilbertines / The Order of Sempringham
Gradual

Guestmaster

H

Hemina
High Altar

Honour
Horarium
Host

Hosteller
Hours
Hundred
Hymnal

I

Infirmarer

K

Knight’s fee

L

Lauds
Lay-brother
Lectionary
Leet

M

Maniple
Manual work
Mass
Mast
Matins
Mendicant Orders
Messuage
Misericord
Missal
Moralia in Job
Mother-house

N

New Gothic
None(s)
Novice
Novice-master

O

Obedientiary
Obsequies
Octave
Opus Dei
Ordo
Orphrey

P

Pall
Pallium
Pannage
Papal Schism
Passage
Paten
Pax (Kiss of Peace)

Pilgrimage of Grace
Pittance
Porter
Precentor
Premonstratensian Canons
Prime
Prior
Private masses
Psalter
Pyx

R

Reserved sacrament
Retrochoir
Rib vaults
Rule of St Benedict

S

Sacrist
Savigniac Congregation
Savigniac Order
Scapular
Sedilia
Septuagesima
Sext
Simony
Skinners
Soke
Stole
St Bernard’s College
Subcantor (succentor)

T

Tabula
Terce
Thurible
Tithe
Toft
Tonsure
Treasuress
Trental
Tunicle

U

Unction
Usus conversorum

V

Valor ecclesiasticus
Vespers
Vigils

W

Wardship
Warren
Waincoppe