Liturgical Glossary

Purpose
To provide a comprehensive list of terms and definitions pertaining to the liturgy of the Cinerean Church.

Introduction
The Cinerean Church's liturgy utilizes a plethora of unique, antique terminologies in order to formally describe its sacrament.

The Cinerean Church uses jargon modeled off of traditional Catholicism, but ascribes new definitions to old words in order to fit the faith's purpose. In no way does this indicate any cooperative relationship between the Cinerean Church and the Catholic Church.

See also: Liturgical Glossary (Grouped by Category)

A

 * Abjuration: the formal renunciation of apostasy, heresy, or schism.
 * Ablution: liturgical washing with liquid over any part of the body.
 * Abrogation: the total abolition of a law, right, duty, or privilege.
 * Absolution: the formal remission from guilt, obligation, punishment, or sin.
 * Abst: day of abstinence.
 * Abstinence: the moderation of wants and indulgences.
 * Acolyte: an appointed assistant who serves a parson.
 * Affirmation: formal identity establishment between subject and predicate.
 * Alms: material / financial assistance to the needy.
 * Altar: surface upon which sacrifice is offered.
 * Apostasy: a baptized individual's rejection of prior faith.
 * Archbishop: Pontificate-member responsible for the bishops below him / her, who answers to a cardinal.
 * Archdeacon: acolyte responsible for the deacons below him / her, who answers to an archbishop or bishop.
 * Artophorion: a receptacle for sacrament.

B

 * Benediction: the utterance or bestowing of a blessing.
 * Bishop: ruler of a diocese, assisted by deacons, serving over bishops and answering to an archbishop.

C

 * Canon: established rule of guidance, or a standard.
 * Canonization: the elevation of an individual to sainthood.
 * Cardinal: direct adviser of the acting sovereign, responsible for separate archbishops and sects.
 * Clergy: any ordained member of the church's hierarchy.
 * Cleric: clergy-members who serve under a parson.
 * Communion: the eschange of intimate thoughts, feelings, or property.
 * Confession: voluntary self-accusation of sins to a pardoner.
 * Confirmation: sacrament of strengthening of one's faith to the Church.
 * Consecration: the act of making or declaring something sacred.
 * Creed: formal statement of faith / belief to the Church and its tenets.
 * Cult: system of veneration directed towards a particular figure or object.

D

 * Deacon: an acolyte of either an archbishop or bishop, headed by an Archdeacon.
 * Dedication: setting aside a person, place, or object for sacred use.
 * Defilement: the condition of uncleanliness by stain of sin.
 * Degenerate: an individual whose morality is unarguably irredeemable.
 * Deicide: the killing of a god by eradicating its legacy.
 * Denunciation: formal, public condemnation of sin or crime.
 * Desecration: the profanation of a sacred figure, place, or object.
 * Detraction: revealing of truth that threatens someone or something's reputation.
 * Diocese: the territory over which a bishop exercises jurisdiction.
 * Dissent: disagreement with the Church's teachings, as to promote reform.
 * Divination: meditation and spiritual consolation with the Uelidia to accrue knowledge.
 * Doxology: hymn or chant directed towards the Uelidia or any of its members

E

 * Enchiridion: a manual of the Church's doctrine and ceremony.
 * Eulogy: formal, public praise of a past / dead person or event.
 * Evangelism: zealous preaching of the Church's doctrine to the unconverted.
 * Evangelist: clergymember who conducts evangelism and proselytizing, who serves under a bishop.

F

 * Fran: title indiciating the line of succession of the sovereign's see.

G

 * Gospel: the teachings and revelations of the Uelidia.

H

 * Heathen: any individual indoctrinated into a non-Cinerean "higher religion".
 * Heresy: any unjust act of ill-will against the Cinerean Church.
 * Hermit: an individual living in solitude in the name of spiritual indulgence.
 * Higher Religion: One of the mainstream religions with a great amount of authority and/or adherents: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism.
 * Hymn: song of honor, praise, or veneration of a figure, place, or concept.
 * Hymnal: a collection of hymns.

I

 * Iconoclasm: the attacking of what any faith sees as sacred or cherished.
 * Indefectibility: the delusion that any religion or church is permanent.
 * Indictment: a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
 * Intercession: a formal intervention.
 * Interdate: relationship between a member of the Cinerean Church and another faith.
 * Interdict: authoritative barring of the faithful from certain privileges.
 * Invocation: a prayer of appeal to the Uelidia for guidance or aid.
 * Itinerarium: prayer of protection done prior to a pilgrimage.

J

 * Justice: practice of what is morally right.

L

 * Laitization: reducing a clergy-member for laity, often because of the committing of moderate crimes.
 * Laity: non-clergy faithful.
 * Liturgy: religious service and duty.

M

 * Magistracy: the authority invested in the Church's leadership.
 * Marriage: formal union between two individuals, at their own discretion, out of love.
 * Martyr: an individual who chooses to suffer and / or die in the name of the Church's tenets.
 * Minister: clergy member who administers sacraments and ceremony.
 * Mystery: the enduring, clandestine unknowns that evade human perception or understanding.

N

 * Nature: the essence of all being from which pure sanctity is derived.

O

 * Offertory: the presentation of sacrifice at an altar.
 * Ordination: sacrament bestowing the power of sanctification.

P

 * Pagan: spiritual / religious individual unaffiliated with "higher religion".
 * Papist: of / denoting a Catholic practitioner or practice.
 * Pardoner: clergy-member licensed to grant the guilty clemency, who serves under a parson.
 * Parish: division of a diocese with an assigned church and parson.
 * Parson: clergy-member responsible for a parish, and who answers to a bishop.
 * Prayer: an expression of thanks or a request for help directed towards a person, place, or concept. By design, does not elicit results from a third party; instead provides encouragement and determination.
 * Penance: sacrament of voluntary self-punishment in repentance.
 * Piety: honor and reverence to a figure, place, or concept.
 * Pilgrimage: journey to a sacred place out of devotion.
 * Pontiff: general title of the archbishops, cardinals, and sovereign.
 * Priest: ordained minister with the authority to conduct sacrament.
 * Priory: monastery or abbey of avowed men and/or women, adjacent to a parish church.
 * Procession: formal parade of the faithful between places.
 * Profanation: act of disrespect or impurity towards anything holy.
 * Prophecy: the prediction of a future event through empiricism.
 * Proselytize: attempt to convert an individual to the Cinerean Church.

R

 * Redemption: the salvation of humanity via freedom and justice.
 * Reification: the truth that god and religion are human inventions.
 * Repentance: acknowledgement / empathy for personal mistakes.
 * Retribution: formal punishment inflicted on a criminal as vengeance
 * Rite: the manner and form of a religious function.

S

 * Sacrament: ceremony representing inner, spiritual divine grace
 * Sacristy: A room or collection of ceremonial vessels, vestments, and artifacts.
 * Sanctification: the act of making a place or object holy.
 * Seal of Confession: a pardoner's vow to keep confessed sins secret.
 * Sect: organized body of faithful adherent to a specific member of the Uelidia.
 * Secular: attitude and/or action separated from religion and/or spirituality.
 * See: the seat of the Church's pontifical authority.
 * Seminary: academy that trains students for clergyhood.
 * Sermon: a philosophical forum during a church service.
 * Shrine: a construction marking a place of sanctity.
 * Sigil: an inscribed or painted symbol of a member of the Uelidia.
 * Sin: an immoral act considered to be a transgression against goodness.
 * Soul: the spiritual, immaterial essence of being.
 * Sovereign: the supreme ruler, magistrate, and adjudicator of the Church.
 * Spirit: the sense of emotion, character, and humanity within an individual.

T

 * Tabernacle: a vessel for holy objects, fixed in its place.
 * Tenet: a foremost principle. In the Cinerean Church, they are the Eight Tenets of Freedom, Justice, Humanity, Beauty, Art, Empiricism, Individualism, Secularism, and Nature.

V

 * Vicar: a representative of any clergy-member outside of the pontificate.
 * Vindication: the formal, public abolition of one's blames or suspicions.
 * Virginity: the individual state of purity by the absolute absence of sin.
 * Vow: a solemn, sacred oath, binding an individual to a specific duty.

Z

 * Zeal: fervent faith towards the Church and its philosophy.