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Dedication-day

Dedication-day [festum dedicationis, Lat.], the feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast-day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of a place, but by

Doctor and student

Doctor and student. Saint Germain is an author who gained considerable note by this book, published in 1518, in Latin, and in

Halimass, or Hallamass

Halimass, or Hallamass, the feast of all Saints, on the 1st of November; one of the cross quarters of the year was computed from Halimass to

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Protestant

and ordinary sense of the words as they are commonly understood by English Protestants,' against transubstantiation, invocation of saints, and the sacrifice of the Mass as used in the Church of Rome. For the declaration that now

Registry of ships

fishing or trading coastwise on the shores of Newfoundland or parts adjacent thereto, or in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, or on such portions of the coasts of Canada as lie bordering on that gulf.'

Reliques

Reliques, remains, such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials: they have been forbidden to be used or brought into England,

Sancta

Sancta, reliques of saints, upon which oaths were made.

Passionary

A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs

Hagiolatry

The invocation or worship of saints

palimpsest

monasteries to allow the production of ecclesiastical texts such as copies of church services and lives of the saints The difficulty of recovering the original text varied with the process used to prepare the parchment for a