A commonwealth; a community, town; also, the people of such a body politic; the commune of the land. …

Eccl. Complin. …

Eccl. (a) The last of the seven daily services or 'hours' (following even-song vespers) observed by monastics and priests of the Roman Church; complin; houre of complin; don complin, saien complin,……

Eccl. Suspension or removal from an office or position. …

Usually law (a) Disposition or settlement of a suit or dispute; decision, verdict; doom, undoing; (b) power to adjudicate, jurisdiction. …

Eccl. A bishop's diocese. …

Eccl. The reverence which may be paid to angels and saints. …

Eccl. A book containing the epistles read in the Mass. …

Eccl. A maniple. …

Eccl. The maniple, one of the Eucharistic vestments. …

Eccl. Investiture with the authority of an abbot. …

Eccl. (a) The investiture of a churchman with his office or benefice; (b) the right to grant or confer such investiture. …

Eccl. Kyrie eleison. …

(a) Eccl. A piscina; ?also, a holy water stoup; ?also, a washbasin; (b) the great brass or bronze laver in the temple of Jerusalem; the Brazen or Molten Sea (made by Solomon for his temple); (c) a……

Eccl. The elevation of the consecrated Host and chalice in the Mass; ?also, the lesser elevation at the end of the Canon of the Mass; the levacioun time, the time of the elevation, the elevation; the……

(a) Eccl. A letter of admonition or warning; (b) as adj.: conveying a warning, admonitory. …

(a) Eccl. A division of the office of matins, consisting of selected Psalms (often three) and a number of readings from Scripture; a nocturn; (b) one of the groups of Psalms used in the nocturns. …

Eccl. A homily or sermon; esp. a discourse on a scriptural passage; ?also, a story, a relation [quot.: St.Anne]; bok of omelies, a homiliary. …

Eccl. Vestments or other articles used in the divine service. …

(a) Forgiveness; pardon of sins or wrongdoing; also, permission [quot.: Wycl.MCh.]; don pardoun, to grant pardon; (b) eccl. remission of part or all of the temporal penalty in purgatory for sins……

Eccl. (a) The plate which holds the sacramental bread during the celebration of the Mass; (b) the cover of the chalice which holds the sacramental wine; chalice paten, a chalice cover. …

Eccl. A chasuble. …

(a) The formal act or ceremony of dedicating an infant or a young child to God or to a pagan deity; also, the Christian Feast of the Presentation, Candlemas; (b) the formal induction of an elected……

(a) Food for domesticated animals, fodder, hay, grain, etc.; hors provende, provender for horses; provende poke, a bag for fodder, ?a nose bag; (b) eccl. the stipend of a member of the chapter of a……

Eccl. The head of a province or district of an order of friars. …

(a) A bag, sack, or pouch, usually of cloth or leather; also, a container for receiving offerings made to an idol [quot.: Jos.Arim.]; also fig.; red purs, a bag of wisdom, one's store of good ideas……

(a) Eccl. The fifteenth day (i.e., two full weeks) after a major liturgical feast, quindene; quindecim of seint jon baptist, September 12; quindecim of seint mighel, October 13; (b) a tax or duty of a……

(a) The condition of dwelling somewhere; dwelling place; also, eccl. of a clergyman: the fact of being in residence where his duties are performed; holden (kepen) residence, to dwell, reside, live……

Eccl. (a) A musical composition built on an often original Latin text and sung or chanted at various points during the liturgy and at certain times in the church year; sequence of seinte osmunde, ?a……

Eccl. A nun who assists the precentor of a convent. …

(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a……

(a) A small, portable writing tablet made of a durable material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; also, a stone or metal tablet bearing an inscription; also, one of the……

(a) That which is earthly; a worldly possession;—also coll.; (b) secular jurisdiction; also, coll. secular, as opposed to spiritual, matters or concerns; (c) eccl. the lectionary belonging to the temp……

Eccl. A period of thirty days of prayers for the dead. …

Eccl. A book containing tropes or sequences, a troper or sequencer. …

(a) Eccl. A vestment similar to, or sometimes identical with, the dalmatic or the alb specifically assigned to the subdeacon assisting at the Mass; vestement of tunicle; (b) a regal or ceremonial……

Eccl. An act of supplication or penitence, usu. involving some form of kneeling or prostration; maken (nimen, taken) venie. …