Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aggada | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > AGGADOT or AGGADAS. |
aggadah | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > AGGADOTH or AGGADAHS. |
aggadic | relating to the AGGADAH. |
agraphon | a saying of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels > AGRAPHA. |
antilegomena | books of the New Testament not part of early Christian Bible. |
beadroll | a list of the dead to be prayed for. |
bible | an authoritative publication. |
biblical | relating to the bible > BIBLICALLY. |
biblicism | learning or literature relating to the Bible. |
breviary | a book containing daily church services. |
bull | a proclamation by the Pope. |
bulla | a round seal attached to a papal bull > BULLAE. |
bullary | a collection of papal bulls. |
catena | a chain or connected series of things, esp. of the patristic comments on Scripture > CATENAS or CATENAE. |
chumash | a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses > CHUMASHES or CHUMASHIM. |
decalog decalogue | the Ten Commandments. |
diurnal | recurring every day; having a daily cycle > DIURNALLY; (noun) a service book containing the day hours > DIURNALS. |
evangel | good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. |
evangeliar evangeliarion evangeliarium evangeliary evangelarium | a book of passages from the Gospels to be used at Mass or other services. |
evangely | the Gospel. |
farse | an explanation of the Latin epistle in the vernacular; (verb) to extend by interpolation. |
festilogy festology | a treatise on ecclesiastical festivals. |
filioque | a clause in the Nicene Creed. |
gohonzon | a Buddhist paper scroll to which devotional chanting is directed. |
gospel | a narrative of the life of Christ, esp one of those included in the New Testament; (verb)to instruct in the gospel > GOSPELS, GOSPELLING, GOSPELLED. |
hadith | a record of Muslim sayings, second in authority to the Koran. |
haftara | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTARAS, HAFTAROT, HAFTAROTH. |
haftarah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTARAHS, HAFTAROT, HAFTAROTH. |
haftorah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTORAHS, HAFTOROT, HAFTOROTH, HAFTOROS or HAFTAROS |
hagadic haggadic haggadical haggadistic | relating to the HAGGADAH. |
haggada | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > HAGGADAS, HAGGADOT or HAGGADOTH. |
haggadah | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > HAGGADAHS, HAGGADOT or HAGGADOTH. |
halacha | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALACHOT, HALACHAS or HALACHOTH. |
halachic | relating to HALACHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. Also HALAKHIC. |
halakah | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKAHS. |
halakha | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKHAS. |
halakhah | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKHAHS or HALAKHOTH. |
halakhic | relating to HALACHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. |
halakic | pertaining to the HALAKHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. |
haphtara | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAPHTARAS, HAPHTAROT, HAPHTAROTH. |
haphtarah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAPHTARAHS. |
hexapla | a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts > HEXAPLAS. [Gk. hexapla, sixfold]. Cf. OCTAPLA. |
hexaplar hexaplaric | relating to a HEXAPLA, an edition of the bible in six languages. |
hymnal hymnary hymnbook | a book of hymns. |
jataka | the birth-story of Buddha. |
lectionary | a book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service. |
logion | one of the sayings of Jesus not recorded in the Gospels > LOGIA or LOGIONS. |
machzor | a Hebrew holiday-ritual prayer book > MACHZORIM or MACHZORS. |
maftir | the concluding section of a PARASHAH, a passage in Jewish literature. |
mahzor | a Hebrew holiday-ritual prayer book > MAHZORIM or MAHZORS. |
megilla | in Judaism, a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament > MEGILLAS. |
megillah | in Judaism, a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament; (fig.) a long tedious account > MEGILLAHS, MEGILLOTH. [Hebrew megillah, scroll or volume]. |
midrash | the segment of the rabbinic oral tradition that interprets or expounds the Bible > MIDRASHIM, MIDRASHOTH or MIDRASHOT. |
midrashic | relating to the MIDRASH, the segment of the rabbinic oral tradition that interprets or expounds the Bible. |
missal | a book containing a complete service for mass. |
musar | rabbinic literature concerned with ethics, right conduct etc. |
ordinal | indicating order of sequence > ORDINALLY; (noun) a book containing religious rites, especially for ordination. |
ordo | an annual religious calendar with instructions for Mass and office for each day > ORDINES or ORDOS. |
pacificae | letters recommending the bearer as being at peace with the Church, aka letters pacifical. |
panegyricon | a collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals > PANEGYRICA. |
parashah | a passage in Jewish literature > PARASHOTH, PARASHIOTH, PARASHAHS or PARASHOT. |
passionary | a book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs. |
pentateuchal | relating to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. |
portas porteous portess portesse porthors porthos porthouse portous | a portable BREVIARY. |
preexilic | before the exile, used of Old Testament writings prior to the Jewish exile. |
psalmbook | a book of psalms. |
purana | any one of a class of sacred books of Hindu mythology, cosmology, etc, written in Sanskrit. |
puranic | pertaining to the PURANAS, the Hindu sacred books. |
rubric | a passage in book printed in red or other distinctive type, especially such direction in service book. |
rubricate | to write, print, or mark in red; formerly, to enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. |
sastra | any of the sacred writings of Hinduism. |
scriptural | relating to scripture > SCRIPTURALLY. |
scripturalistscripturist | a person who adheres to the letter of Scripture; a person who studies Scripture. |
scripture | a biblical writing. |
scripturism | adherence to the scriptures. |
sefer | any book of Hebrew religious literature > SIFREI. |
sharia shariah shariat sheria sheriat | the body of Islamic law. |
shaster shastra | any of the sacred writings of Hinduism. |
sheria | see SHARIA. |
sheriat | see SHARIA. |
siddur | a Jewish prayer book containing prayers and other information relevant to the daily liturgy > SIDDURIM or SIDDURS. |
smriti | a class of Hindu sacred literature > SMRITIS. [Skr.'what is remembered']. |
sunna sunnah | a collection of traditions received by orthodox Muslims as of equal authority with the Koran. |
sura surah | a chapter of the Koran. |
synaxarion | a lection containing an account of a saint's life > SYNAXARIA. |
talmud | the body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. |
talmudic | relating to the TALMUD. |
tantra | Hindu or Buddhist religious writings concerned with mysticism and magic. |
tora torah | the Mosaic book of the law, the Pentateuch; a scroll containing this. The pl. of TORAH is TORAHS, TOROT or TOROTH. |
tripitaka | the whole body of the northern Buddhist canonical writings. [Pali, 'three baskets']. |
unbiblical | contrary to or unsanctioned by the Bible. |