A-Z: General definitions
- H.G. Wells
- Habit
- Hades
- Hadrian
- Haecceitas
- Hagar
- Hagiography
- Hajj
- Halcyon
- Hallelujah
- Hallowe'en
- Hallowed
- Halo
- Ham
- Hamartia
- Hannah
- Hanoverian
- Harlequin
- Harlequinade
- Harriet Martineau
- Harrowing of Hell
- Hassock
- Heart
- Heathen
- Heaven
- Heavenly
- Heavenly city
- Heavenly feast
- Hebrew
- Hecate
- Hector
- Hecuba
- Hedonistic
- Hegemony
- Heir
- Heiress
- Helen
- Helen Gurley Brown
- Helen of Troy
- Helenus
- Helicon, Mount
- Helios
- Hell
- Hellenic
- Helmet of salvation
A-Z: General definitions: Habit
Definition
Name for the clothes worn by people living in traditional religious orders, such as monks, nuns and friars. Colours are normally white, brown or black.A man belonging to a Christian religious group who, instead of living within an enclosed religious house, travelled round teaching the Christian faith, and sustaining himself by begging for charity.
