A-Z: General definitions
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- Abomination of desolation
- Abraham
- Abraham Lincoln
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- Absolve
- Abstinence
- Abstruse
- Absurdist
- Abyss
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- Achilles
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- Acoustic
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- Act of Union
- Actaeon
- Active Life
- Active verb
- Active Voice
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- Adam
- Adjective
- Adjectives - comparatives and superlatives
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- Adolf Hitler
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- Aegeus
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A-Z: General definitions: Breviary
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The service book used by Roman Catholics which contains the Divine Office. The Divine Office is a book used by Catholics during services that gives the prayers for the day. It is especially used during the celebration of Mass, where participants might recite Psalms or other relevant sections of scripture.
1. Sometimes used to denote all Christians
2. Used specifically of the Roman Catholic church.
The image of God on his throne in heaven surrounded by his angels and ministers to whom he makes announcements and where he may be petitioned.
The image of God on his throne in heaven surrounded by his angels and ministers to whom he makes announcements and where he may be petitioned.
1. Sometimes used to denote all Christians
2. Used specifically of the Roman Catholic church.
The central religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, incorporating praise, intercession and readings from scripture. The central action is the consecration of the bread and wine by the priest.
Sacred writings. The New Testament uses the term to refer to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). In time, the Christian Church recognised the Old and New Testaments as both containing God's authoritive written word.
Essentially the hymn book of the Jerusalem temple, expressing the whole range of human emotion, from dark depression to exuberant joy; many attributed to David.
Big ideas: Psalms
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