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83 words match “PLEY”

PLEY v. 2 definitions
See Play. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PLEYT n.
An old term for a river boat.
ABSOLUTION n.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Shipley.
ADIAPHORISTIC a.
Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.
ADMISSION n.
he presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. Shipley.
ADVENT n.
eason of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). Shipley.
AFLAUNT adv.
In a flaunting state or position. Copley.
ALITURGICAL a.
Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley.
ALOGIAN n.
who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.
ALTARAGE n.
The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. Shipley.
ALTARWISE adv.
an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.
AMPULLA n.
The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.
ANELE v.
To anoint. Shipley.
ANGELUS n.
The Angelus bell. Shipley.
ANTECHAPEL n.
The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.
ANTIPHON n.
A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley.
ATHEISM n.
us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.
BENITIER n.
A holy-water stoup. Shipley.
BISHOP n.
s not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. Shipley. -- Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus. -- Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.
BURSE n.
An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley.
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