A glossary of liturgical and ecclesiastical terms / compiled and arranged by the Rev. Frederick George Lee.

  • Frederick George Lee
Date:
1877
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Credit: A glossary of liturgical and ecclesiastical terms / compiled and arranged by the Rev. Frederick George Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TITEPOON fT7r€jO(.)oy).—A Greek term for the women^s gallery in an Eastern Church. TnOBOAETS fTTrojSoXtae)-—A Greek term for a succentor. Tn0AlAK0N02 (Tiro^iaKovog).—A Greek term for a sub- deacon. TITOKAMISION (TTroKafxi(nov).—A Greek term for a species of cassock worn immediately under the Oriental alb. Tn0MNHMAT0rPA4>02 (TiroiJiVY\fjLaT6ypa(j>oQ).—A Greek term for the secretary of the College of Bishops. Tn04>ONHTH2 (TTro(j)(jJV}]rr}c).—A Greek term for a suc- centor. T4>A2MATA, TA (T({)dariuiaTa, r«).—A Greek term to designate the four pieces of cloth embroidered with the Evangelistic symbols_, placed on the corners of an altar before the KardcjapKci is put on. T4>G2I2 (’TcjHocTig).—A Greek term (1) for the elevation of the Host_, and also (2) for Holy-Cross day. URBS BEATA HIERUSALEM.—The first words of a Latin hymn for the dedication of a churchy which is attributed by some critics to St. Ambrose of Milan. URDALL.—See Uedell. URDELL.—An old English form of the word ordeal. URIM AND THUMMIM.—These terms amongst the Israelites signify lights and perfections.^^ They are believed to have been connected with a kind of breast-ornament belonging to the high priest_,—by consulting which, in a mode now unknown, the Will of the Most High was made manifest to God^s chosen people. URSULINES.—Huns of an order founded by, or at all events named after, St. Ursula of Naples. They are neither purely con- templative nor purely active, but combine some of the duties of each. USE.—1. The form of external worship peculiar to any par- ticular church. 2. The Ritual as arranged by authority, and duly followed in any diocese or national communion. There were the use of Bangor, the use of York, the use of Durham, the use of Lincoln, the use of Hereford, and the use of Sarum in the ancient