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A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.

hich was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8.

One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.

An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.…

In a Christian church, the sanctuary.

ures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. South.

An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

A apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.

One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] Saint Andrew's cross

Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. Shak.

Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitens on being reconciled to the church.

A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.

A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.

One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

on or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms b…

One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion. "They were popularly classed together as canting schismatics." Macaulay.

To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

heir pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. Hooker.

f wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

ied desires a second helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. H. Stansbury.