abbas, -tis, n.
Church sense: a title given to the superior of a community of twelve or more monks ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Abbot').
General meaning: abbot; head of an ecclesiastical community; father; any respected monk (early). [WORDS]

abbatia, -e, n.
Church sense: a monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Abbey').
General meaning: abbey, monastery. [WORDS]

abbatial, -is, adj.
Church sense: of/pertaining to an abbot/abbey (WORDS).
General meaning: of/pertaining to an abbot/abbey; abbey derived. [WORDS]

abdico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: resign, abdicate (cf. can. 583).
General meaning: resign, abdicate; abolish; disinherit; renounce, reject, expel, disapprove of. [WORDS]

ablutio, -nis, n.
Church sense: washing, ablution; pouring on (mixture of water and wine) in the liturgy (WORDS).
General meaning: washing, ablution; pouring on (mixture of water and wine) in the liturgy. [WORDS]

absolvo, -ere, -i, -utus, v.
Church sense: the remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Absolution').
General meaning: free (bonds), release; acquit; vote for/secure acquittal; pay off; sum up. [WORDS]

acatholicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: non-catholic (cf. can. 985).
General meaning: non-catholic. [WORDS]

accusatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: accusation, inditement (cf. can. 1744).
General meaning: accusation, inditement; act/occasion of accusation; rebuke, reproof. [WORDS]

accusator, -is, n.
Church sense: accuser, prosecutor at trial (cf. can. 1744).
General meaning: accuser, prosecutor at trial; plaintiff; informer. [WORDS]

accusatorius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of/belonging to a public/professional prosecutor (cf. can. 1933).
General meaning: of/belonging to a public/professional prosecutor; accusatory, denunciatory. [WORDS]

acolythus, -i, n.
Church sense: acolyte; cleric in minor orders; (ostiarius/exorcista/subdiaconus/diaconus) (WORDS).
General meaning: acolyte; cleric in minor orders; (ostiarius/exorcista/subdiaconus/diaconus). [WORDS]

acolytus, -i, n.
Church sense: a cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Acolyte').
General meaning: acolyte; cleric in minor orders; (ostiarius/exorcista/subdiaconus/diaconus). [WORDS]

advocator, -is, n.
Church sense: advocate (cf. can. 1570).
General meaning: advocate. [WORDS]

aedis, -, n.
Church sense: temple, shrine (WORDS).
General meaning: temple, shrine; tomb; apartment, room; house (pl.), abode/dwelling; household. [WORDS]

altarium, -i, n.
Church sense: altar; high altar (WORDS).
General meaning: altar; high altar. [WORDS]

anathema, -tis, n.
Church sense: another name for excommunication, especially when inflicted with the solemnities described in the Roman Pontifical (can. 2257, § 2).
General meaning: offering; sacrificial victim; curse; cursed thing; excommunication, anathema. [WORDS]

anathemo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: anathematize, anathemize, put under ban (WORDS).
General meaning: anathematize, anathemize, put under ban; curse; detest. [WORDS]

angelicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: angelic; of an angel; belonging to angels (WORDS).
General meaning: angelic; of an angel; belonging to angels; [Doctor ~ => St. Thomas Aquinas]. [WORDS]

angelus, -i, n.
Church sense: the word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Angel').
General meaning: angel; messenger. [WORDS]

annata, -e, n.
Church sense: the first fruits, or first year's revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal Curia (in medieval times to bishops also) ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Annates').
General meaning: annates (w/media), a tax on benefices in the 1917 Code. [WORDS]

antimensium, -i, n.
Church sense: consecrated cloth used for an altar (WORDS).
General meaning: consecrated cloth used for an altar. [WORDS]

antista, -e, n.
Church sense: mother superior, head of convent; superioress (WORDS).
General meaning: mother superior, head of convent; superioress. [WORDS]

antistita, -e, n.
Church sense: (high) priestess (of a temple/deity, w/GEN) (WORDS).
General meaning: (high) priestess (of a temple/deity, w/GEN). [WORDS]

apocryphum, -i, n.
Church sense: apocryphal/non canonical writings (pl.) (not included in the Bible) (WORDS).
General meaning: apocryphal/non canonical writings (pl.) (not included in the Bible). [WORDS]

apocryphus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: a long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apocrypha').
General meaning: spurious, not genuine/canonical, apocryphal. [WORDS]

apostasia, -e, n.
Church sense: after baptism, a total departure from the Christian faith by one who retains the Christian name (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: apostasy, departure from one's religion, repudiation of one's faith. [WORDS]

apostata, -e, n.
Church sense: one who, after baptism and while retaining the Christian name, departs totally from the Christian faith (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: apostate; bad/wicked man. [WORDS]

apostato, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: the word itself in its etymological sense, signifies the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apostasy').
General meaning: fall away (from), apostatize, forsake one's religion. [WORDS]

apostolicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: apostolic; title applied to Pope (WORDS).
General meaning: apostolic; of/concerning/belonging to an Apostle; title applied to Pope. [WORDS]

apostolus, -i, n.
Church sense: apostolos (Apostle) means one who is sent forth, who is entrusted with a mission ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Apostles, The').
General meaning: apostle; missionary (one sent). [WORDS]

appellans, -tis, n.
Church sense: appellant (cf. can. 1887).
General meaning: appellant; appellor; one who appeals. [WORDS]

appellatus, -i, n.
Church sense: appellee (cf. can. 1569).
General meaning: appellee; one appealed against. [WORDS]

appellum, -i, n.
Church sense: the purpose of this article is to give a comprehensive view of the positive legislation of the Church on appeals belonging to the ecclesiastical forum; but it does not treat of the nature of the ecclesiastical forum itself nor of the rights of the Church and its supreme head, the pope, to receive appeals in ecclesiastical matters ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Appeals').
General meaning: appeal. [WORDS]

arbiterus, -ri, n.
Church sense: overseer, lord (WORDS).
General meaning: eye-witness, on-looker; umpire, judge, arbiter; overseer, lord; executor. [WORDS]

arbitrator, -is, n.
Church sense: master, ruler, lord (Pentapylon Jovis arbitratoris - place in Rome 10th) (WORDS).
General meaning: master, ruler, lord (Pentapylon Jovis arbitratoris - place in Rome 10th). [WORDS]

arbitratus, -, n.
Church sense: arbitration (cf. can. 1929).
General meaning: arbitration; choice; judgment, capacity for decisions; jurisdiction, power. [WORDS]

arbitrium, -i, n.
Church sense: arbitration (cf. can. 1707).
General meaning: arbitration; choice, judgment, decision; sentence; will, mastery, authority. [WORDS]

archiepiscopal, -is, adj.
Church sense: archepiscopal, archbishopal; pertaining to an archbishop (WORDS).
General meaning: archepiscopal, archbishopal; pertaining to an archbishop. [WORDS]

archiepiscopus, -i, n.
Church sense: an archbishop or metropolitan, in the present sense of the term, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a well-defined district composed of simple dioceses but not of provinces ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Archbishop').
General meaning: archbishop. [WORDS]

archipresbyteratus, -, n.
Church sense: archpresbyterate (cf. can. 217).
General meaning: archpresbyterate; domain of archpresbyter. [WORDS]

archipresbyterus, -i, n.
Church sense: since the fourth century numerous dioceses had an archpriest, or head of the college of presbyters, who aided and represented the bishop in the discharge of his liturgical and religious duties ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Archpriest').
General meaning: arch-priest, chief of presbytari. [WORDS]

archisodalitium, -i, n.
Church sense: archconfraternity/archisodality (cf. can. 720).
General meaning: archconfraternity/archisodality; (confraternity empowered to aggregate others). [WORDS]

archivium, -i, n.
Church sense: public records office (cf. can. 379).
General meaning: public records office; archives. [WORDS]

asceta, -e, n.
Church sense: the word asceticism comes from the Greek askesis which means practice, bodily exercise, and more especially, atheletic training ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Asceticism').
General meaning: ascetic, hermit; penitent; one who has taken vows. [WORDS]

asceticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of spiritual exercises to attain virtue/perfection (WORDS).
General meaning: ascetical; of spiritual exercises to attain virtue/perfection. [WORDS]

asylum, -i, n.
Church sense: the right by which a church shelters fugitives, who may not be taken from it without the consent of the Ordinary, or at least of the rector of the church, unless necessity urges (can. 1179).
General meaning: place of refuge, asylum, sanctuary; place for relaxation/recuperation, retreat. [WORDS]

atheus, -i, n.
Church sense: that system of thought which is formally opposed to theism ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Atheism').
General meaning: atheist, one who does not believe in God; (as nickname). [WORDS]

attestatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: testimony, attestation (cf. can. 1753).
General meaning: testimony, attestation. [WORDS]

baptisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: the door and foundation of the sacraments, necessary for all unto salvation in fact or at least in desire, validly conferred only by the washing with true and natural water together with the prescribed form of words (can. 737, § 1).
General meaning: baptism; dipping in/under, washing, ablution. [WORDS]

baptismal, -is, adj.
Church sense: baptismal (WORDS).
General meaning: baptismal. [WORDS]

baptismus, -i, n.
Church sense: the door and foundation of the sacraments, necessary for all unto salvation in fact or at least in desire, validly conferred only by the washing with true and natural water together with the prescribed form of words (can. 737, § 1).
General meaning: baptism; washing, sprinkling. [WORDS]

baptista, -e, n.
Church sense: baptist (WORDS).
General meaning: baptizer; baptist. [WORDS]

baptizator, -is, n.
Church sense: baptizer, baptist; minister of baptism (WORDS).
General meaning: baptizer, baptist; minister of baptism. [WORDS]

baptizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: one of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the 'first sacrament', the 'door of the sacraments', and the 'door of the Church' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Baptism').
General meaning: baptize; immerse. [WORDS]

basilica, -e, n.
Church sense: a title with which no church may be honored except by apostolic grant or immemorial custom (can. 1180).
General meaning: basilica; oblong hall with colonnade as law court/exchange; church (medieval). [WORDS]

beatificatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: according to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Beatification and Canonization').
General meaning: beatification, act of beatifying; (first step to sainthood). [WORDS]

beatifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: bless (WORDS).
General meaning: bless; make happy. [WORDS]

beatus, -i, n.
Church sense: according to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Beatification and Canonization').
General meaning: happy/fortunate men/persons (pl.); "the_rich"; The Blessed, Saints. [WORDS]

benedico, -ere, -xi, -tus, v.
Church sense: bless (WORDS).
General meaning: bless; praise; speak well of; speak kindly of (classically 2 words). [WORDS]

benedictio, -nis, n.
Church sense: blessing; benediction; consecrated/sacred object (WORDS).
General meaning: blessing; benediction; extolling, praising; consecrated/sacred object. [WORDS]

bigamia, -e, n.
Church sense: bigamy (cf. can. 984).
General meaning: bigamy. [WORDS]

bigamus, -i, n.
Church sense: bigamist (cf. can. 984).
General meaning: bigamist. [WORDS]

bino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: binate (offer two masses in one day) (WORDS).
General meaning: duplicate; binate (offer two masses in one day). [WORDS]

biretum, -i, n.
Church sense: a square cap with three ridges or peaks on its upper surface, worn by clerics of all grades from cardinals downwards ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Biretta').
General meaning: biretta/square Catholic clergy hat; (priest=black; bishop=purple; cardinal=red). [WORDS]

blasphemo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Blasphemy').
General meaning: blaspheme (against God); revile; reproach. [WORDS]

bula, -e, n.
Church sense: a bulla was originally a circular plate or boss of metal, so called from its resemblance in form to a bubble floating upon water ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Bulls and Briefs').
General meaning: Greek council or senate. [WORDS]

calumnia, -e, n.
Church sense: etymologically any form of ruse or fraud employed to deceive another, particularly in judicial proceedings ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Calumny').
General meaning: sophistry, sham; false accusation/claim/statement/pretenses/objection; quibble. [WORDS]

cancellarius, -i, n.
Church sense: that branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a diocese ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Diocesan Chancery').
General meaning: porter, doorkeeper; secretary; chancellor (ecclesiastical); diocesan official. [WORDS]

canon, -is, n.
Church sense: musical term, the strictest of all contrapuntal forms ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Canon').
General meaning: canon, ecclesiastical title; member of canonry/cathedral chapter, Augustinian. [WORDS]

canonia, -e, n.
Church sense: canon's prebend/stipend (WORDS).
General meaning: canon's prebend/stipend. [WORDS]

canonical, -is, adj.
Church sense: canonical/by canons/legal/lawful/right; of a canon (WORDS).
General meaning: canonical/by canons/legal/lawful/right; of a canon. [WORDS]

canonicatus, -, n.
Church sense: office of canon (WORDS).
General meaning: office of canon. [WORDS]

canonice, adv.
Church sense: canonically, according to Church discipline (WORDS).
General meaning: canonically, according to Church discipline; regularly. [WORDS]

canonicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: a conventual Mass sung or said in all cathedrals and collegiate churches that have a chapter; in this case it is often called the 'chapter' Mass ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chapter and Conventual Mass').
General meaning: |canonical/by canons/legal/lawful/right; of a canon. [WORDS]

canonizatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: according to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Beatification and Canonization').
General meaning: canonization; elevation to sainthood. [WORDS]

canonizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: canonize, elevate to sainthood; include in canon of Scripture (WORDS).
General meaning: canonize, elevate to sainthood; include in canon of Scripture; reduce to rules. [WORDS]

capital, -is, n.
Church sense: priestess headband (WORDS).
General meaning: capital crime/punishment (loss of life or civil rights); priestess headband. [WORDS]

capitale, -is, n.
Church sense: priestess headband (WORDS).
General meaning: capital crime/punishment (loss of life or civil rights); priestess headband. [WORDS]

capitular, -is, adj.
Church sense: relating to head/poll-tax or levy (cf. can. 113).
General meaning: relating to head/poll-tax or levy. [WORDS]

capitulum, -i, n.
Church sense: designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies, said to be derived from the chapter of the rule book, which it was the custom to read in the assemblies of monks ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chapter').
General meaning: chapter/article (in book); religious/cathedral chapter, chapter meeting/house. [WORDS]

cappella, -e, n.
Church sense: when St. Martin divided his military cloak (cappa) and gave half to the beggar at the gate of Amiens, he wrapped the other half round his shoulders, thus making of it a cape (capella) (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chapel').
General meaning: chapel; choir; [a capella => unaccompanied (song); ~ magister => choirmaster]. [WORDS]

cappellania, -e, n.
Church sense: chaplaincy (WORDS).
General meaning: chaplaincy. [WORDS]

cappellanus, -i, n.
Church sense: chaplain (WORDS).
General meaning: chaplain. [WORDS]

cardinalatus, -, n.
Church sense: cardinalate, office/position/dignity/rank of Cardinal in Catholic Church (WORDS).
General meaning: cardinalate, office/position/dignity/rank of Cardinal in Catholic Church. [WORDS]

cardinalis, -, n.
Church sense: a dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Cardinal').
General meaning: cardinal, prince of Catholic Church; (elector of Popes); chief, principle. [WORDS]

cardinalitius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of/pertaining to cardinalate/cardinalship/position of Catholic Cardinal (WORDS).
General meaning: of/pertaining to cardinalate/cardinalship/position of Catholic Cardinal. [WORDS]

caritativus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: charitable (WORDS).
General meaning: charitable. [WORDS]

catechesis, -, n.
Church sense: the word katechesis means instruction by word of mouth, especially by questioning and answering. The Apostle insists upon 'doctrine' as one of the most important duties of a bishop ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Catechesis').
General meaning: religious instruction; catechetical instruction/interrogation. [WORDS]

catecheta, -e, n.
Church sense: catechism teacher, catechist (WORDS).
General meaning: catechism teacher, catechist. [WORDS]

catechismus, -i, n.
Church sense: this catechism differs from other summaries of Christian doctrine for the instruction of the people in two points: it is primarily intended for priests having care of souls (ad parochos), and it enjoys an authority equalled by no other catechism ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Catechism, Roman').
General meaning: catechism, book of elementary Christian instruction. [WORDS]

catechumena, -e, n.
Church sense: catechumen, one receiving elementary religious instruction before baptism (WORDS).
General meaning: catechumen, one receiving elementary religious instruction before baptism. [WORDS]

cathedral, -is, adj.
Church sense: the chief church of a diocese ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Cathedral').
General meaning: of/pertaining to an bishop's see or cathedral; [~ Ecclesia => cathedral]. [WORDS]

cathedraticum, -i, n.
Church sense: bishop's tax, cathedraticum, annual tax paid to bishop (WORDS).
General meaning: bishop's tax, cathedraticum, annual tax paid to bishop. [WORDS]

catholicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: the combination 'the Catholic Church' (he katholike ekklesia) is found for the first time in the letter of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, written about the year 110 ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Catholic').
General meaning: catholic; universal; (Roman) Catholic, orthodox. [WORDS]

celebrans, -tis, n.
Church sense: celebrant, officiating minister (WORDS).
General meaning: celebrant, officiating minister. [WORDS]

censor, -is, n.
Church sense: censurer, critic (behavior/books) (WORDS).
General meaning: censor, magistrate for registration/census; censurer, critic (behavior/books). [WORDS]

censorius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of/belonging to/dealt with by/having been a censor, censorial (cf. can. 1393).
General meaning: of/belonging to/dealt with by/having been a censor, censorial; austere, moral. [WORDS]

censura, -e, n.
Church sense: a penalty by which a baptized person, delinquent and obstinate, is deprived of certain spiritual goods or goods connected with the spiritual until, receding from his obstinacy, he is absolved (can. 2241, § 1).
General meaning: office/conduct/power of censor, censorship; appraisal, oversight, control. [WORDS]

censuratus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part, of the use of certain spiritual goods, until he recover from his contumacy ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Censures, Ecclesiastical').
General meaning: censured, under censure. [WORDS]

certioro, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: inform, show, apprise (cf. can. 54).
General meaning: inform, show, apprise. [WORDS]

chrisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: a mixture of oil of olives and balsam, blessed by a bishop in a special manner and used in the administration of certain sacraments and in the performance of certain ecclesiastical functions ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chrism').
General meaning: anointing, unction; sacred oils. [WORDS]

citatus, -i, n.
Church sense: summons, citation (legal) (cf. can. 1562).
General meaning: summons, citation (legal). [WORDS]

clausura, -e, n.
Church sense: the papal enclosure kept in canonically constituted houses of religious men and women with solemn vows, by whose law the whole house inhabited by the community is bound (can. 597, § 1).
General meaning: lock/clasp (necklace); lock, bar, bolt (L+S); castle, fort (late); cloister. [WORDS]

clerical, -is, adj.
Church sense: clerical, priestly (WORDS).
General meaning: clerical, priestly. [WORDS]

clericus, -i, n.
Church sense: one dedicated to the divine ministry by the reception of at least first tonsure (can. 108, § 1).
General meaning: clergyman, priest, cleric, clerk. [WORDS]

clerus, -i, n.
Church sense: the clergy: those dedicated to the divine ministry by the reception of at least first tonsure (can. 108, § 1).
General meaning: clergy, clerical order. [WORDS]

coemeterium, -i, n.
Church sense: the blessed place in which the bodies of the faithful are to be buried, according to the rites handed down in the approved liturgical books (can. 1205, § 1).
General meaning: cemetery. [WORDS]

commenda, -e, n.
Church sense: commendam, temporal income without spiritual obligation, layman's benefice (WORDS).
General meaning: commendam, temporal income without spiritual obligation, layman's benefice. [WORDS]

communicarius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: days on which all gods were sacrificed to together? (w/dies) (WORDS).
General meaning: days on which all gods were sacrificed to together? (w/dies). [WORDS]

comperendino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: adjourn trial of a person (cf. can. 1871).
General meaning: adjourn trial of a person; adjourn trial; (for two days or later). [WORDS]

comperendinus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: on which an adjourned trial is resumed (of a day) (cf. can. 1871).
General meaning: on which an adjourned trial is resumed (of a day). [WORDS]

competens, -is, adj.
Church sense: agreeing with, corresponding to, proper/appropriate/suitable (cf. can. 1559).
General meaning: agreeing with, corresponding to, proper/appropriate/suitable; competent (legal). [WORDS]

compromissum, -i, n.
Church sense: an election made when the electors, by unanimous and written consent, transfer for that occasion their right of election to one or more suitable persons, who then elect in the name of all (can. 172, § 1).
General meaning: joint undertaking guaranteed by deposit of money to abide by arbitration. [WORDS]

conciliar, -is, adj.
Church sense: concillary, of council (WORDS).
General meaning: concillary, of council. [WORDS]

concio, -nis, n.
Church sense: etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Homily').
General meaning: |sermon. [WORDS]

concionatorius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of sermon (WORDS).
General meaning: of sermon; of/proper to public assembly/meeting/gathering of people. [WORDS]

conciono, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: preach/harangue (WORDS).
General meaning: address assembly, deliver public speech; preach/harangue; attend public meeting. [WORDS]

concordatum, -i, n.
Church sense: in general, a concordat means an agreement, or union of wills, on some matter ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Concordat').
General meaning: concordat, agreement (between church and civil authority); things (pl.) agreed. [WORDS]

condemnatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: sentence (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Ecc)).
General meaning: condemnation; verdict; damages awarded in a civil case. [WORDS]

condemno, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: blame, censure, impugn (WORDS).
General meaning: condemn, doom, convict; find guilty; (pass) sentence; blame, censure, impugn. [WORDS]

condonatus, -i, n.
Church sense: lay brother; oblate (WORDS).
General meaning: lay brother; oblate. [WORDS]

confessarius, -i, n.
Church sense: a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Penance, Sacrament of').
General meaning: confessor. [WORDS]

confessio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Penance, Sacrament of').
General meaning: |confession, acknowledgement; (act implying) admission (of guilt); proof, token. [WORDS]

confessional, -is, adj.
Church sense: confessional (WORDS).
General meaning: confessional. [WORDS]

confessionale, -is, n.
Church sense: confessional (WORDS).
General meaning: confessional. [WORDS]

confessionalis, -, n.
Church sense: confessional (WORDS).
General meaning: confessional. [WORDS]

confessor, -is, n.
Church sense: confessor of Christianity; martyr; lower clergy; pious monk; confessor (modern) (WORDS).
General meaning: confessor of Christianity; martyr; lower clergy; pious monk; confessor (modern). [WORDS]

confessum, -i, n.
Church sense: substance of a confession (WORDS).
General meaning: acknowledged/generally admitted fact; substance of a confession. [WORDS]

confessus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: confessed (WORDS).
General meaning: admitted, acknowledged; generally admitted, manifest, obvious; confessed. [WORDS]

confirmanda, -e, n.
Church sense: candidate for confirmation (female) (WORDS).
General meaning: candidate for confirmation (female). [WORDS]

confirmator, -is, n.
Church sense: that/who confirms/establishes a thing (L+S) (WORDS).
General meaning: guarantor; that/who confirms/establishes a thing (L+S); surety, security. [WORDS]

confrater, -ris, n.
Church sense: brother; guild brother (WORDS).
General meaning: brother; colleague, confrere, fellow; guild brother. [WORDS]

confraternitas, -tis, n.
Church sense: association, brotherhood, society/confraternity/confederation/sodality/guild (WORDS).
General meaning: association, brotherhood, society/confraternity/confederation/sodality/guild. [WORDS]

confratria, -e, n.
Church sense: sodality, society (WORDS).
General meaning: sodality, society. [WORDS]

congrua, -e, n.
Church sense: salary of pastor (WORDS).
General meaning: salary of pastor. [WORDS]

consecratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the dedication of a place or thing to divine worship or the burial of the faithful by the consecration or blessing prescribed in the approved liturgical books (can. 1154).
General meaning: consecration, dedication; making sacred; deification; devoting person to a god. [WORDS]

consecrator, -is, n.
Church sense: one who consecrates/dedicates/makes sacred (WORDS).
General meaning: one who consecrates/dedicates/makes sacred. [WORDS]

consecratus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: consecrated, holy, sacred (WORDS).
General meaning: consecrated, holy, sacred. [WORDS]

consecro, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: an act by which a thing is separated from a common and profane to a sacred use, or by which a person or thing is dedicated to the service and worship of God by prayers, rites, and ceremonies ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Consecration').
General meaning: consecrate/dedicate, set apart; hallow, sanctify; deify; curse; vow to a god. [WORDS]

consistorial, -is, adj.
Church sense: consistorial, by/pertaining to a consistory/(ecclesiastical) assembly/court (WORDS).
General meaning: consistorial, by/pertaining to a consistory/(ecclesiastical) assembly/court. [WORDS]

consistorium, -i, n.
Church sense: (place of) the emperor's council (WORDS).
General meaning: (place of) the emperor's council; place of assembly/where servants wait; earth. [WORDS]

consuetudo, -inis, n.
Church sense: a custom introduced by a community capable of receiving an ecclesiastical law, which obtains the force of law (can. 26).
General meaning: habit/custom/usage/way; normal/general/customary practice, tradition/convention. [WORDS]

consultor, -is, n.
Church sense: a diocesan consultor: in a diocese without a cathedral chapter, a priest commendable for piety, morals, doctrine and prudence, appointed by the bishop (can. 423).
General meaning: adviser, counselor, one who gives counsel; client/one who asks (lawyer/oracle). [WORDS]

contestatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the contesting of the suit: the formal contradiction by the defendant of the plaintiff's petition, made with intent to litigate before the judge, by which the object of the trial is constituted (can. 1726).
General meaning: affirmation of declaration; joinder of issue (w/litis)/formal entering of suit. [WORDS]

contesto, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: appeal to the gods that (w/ut) (WORDS).
General meaning: call to witness; appeal to the gods that (w/ut); join issue (w/litis). [WORDS]

contritus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: lat. contritio, a breaking of something hardened ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Contrition').
General meaning: contrite; penitent. [WORDS]

convalidatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: those between Catholics and non-Catholics, when the latter have been baptized in some Christian sect. The term is also used to designate unions between Catholics and infidels ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Marriage, Mixed').
General meaning: convalidation; (renewal of/consent to marriage previously canonically invalid). [WORDS]

Conventualis, -, n.
Church sense: Conventual Franciscan (WORDS).
General meaning: Conventual Franciscan. [WORDS]

cooperator, -is, n.
Church sense: coworker, fellow helper (WORDS, ecclesiastical sense (Ecc)).
General meaning: joint-laborer, co-operator; assistant. [WORDS]

crimen, -inis, n.
Church sense: indictment/charge/accusation (cf. can. 2311).
General meaning: indictment/charge/accusation; blame/reproach/slander; verdict/judgment (L+S). [WORDS]

crucifixus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: crucified (WORDS).
General meaning: crucified. [WORDS]

curia, -e, n.
Church sense: strictly speaking, the ensemble of departments or ministries which assist the sovereign pontiff in the government of the Universal Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Curia, Roman').
General meaning: senate; meeting house; curia/division of Roman people; court (Papal/royal). [WORDS]

Dataria, -e, n.
Church sense: Dataria Apostolica, office of Roman Curia issuing dispensations/appointments (WORDS).
General meaning: Dataria Apostolica, office of Roman Curia issuing dispensations/appointments. [WORDS]

decanatus, -, n.
Church sense: function of dean (WORDS).
General meaning: function of dean. [WORDS]

decanus, -i, n.
Church sense: the rural dean: a priest placed by the bishop over a forane vicariate (can. 445).
General meaning: dean; chief of ten, one set over ten persons/soldiers/monks; imperial officer. [WORDS]

dedicatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's service, is more properly applied to the 'setting aside' of places for a special and sacred purpose ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Dedication').
General meaning: dedication, consecration, ceremonial opening; act/rite conferring sanctity. [WORDS]

degradatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the clerical state and being given over to the secular arm ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Degradation').
General meaning: degradation; deprivation; rank reduction; penalty for cleric/reduction to lay. [WORDS]

degrado, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: a canonical penalty by which an ecclesiastic is entirely and perpetually deprived of all office, benefice, dignity, and power conferred on him by ordination; and by a special ceremony is reduced to the state of a layman, losing the privileges of the clerical state and being given over to the secular arm ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Degradation').
General meaning: reduce in rank; deprive of office; degrade. [WORDS]

delatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the denunciation of another's delict, which any of the faithful may make, and which is obligatory when one is bound to it by law or legitimate precept or by the natural law itself on account of danger to faith or religion or other imminent public harm (can. 1935).
General meaning: accusation/denunciation; laying charge; indicting; informing; offering an oath. [WORDS]

delegatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a delegation is the commission to another of jurisdiction, which is to be exercised in the name of the person delegating (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Delegation').
General meaning: assignment/delegation to third party of creditor's interest/debtor's liability. [WORDS]

delegator, -is, n.
Church sense: assignor, one who makes an assignment/delegation (of obligation to another) (cf. can. 117).
General meaning: assignor, one who makes an assignment/delegation (of obligation to another). [WORDS]

delegatus, -, n.
Church sense: assignment/delegation to third party of creditor's interest/debtor's liability (cf. can. 117).
General meaning: assignment/delegation to third party of creditor's interest/debtor's liability. [WORDS]

delictum, -i, n.
Church sense: an external and morally imputable violation of a law to which a canonical sanction, at least indeterminate, is attached (can. 2195, § 1).
General meaning: fault/offense/misdeed/crime/transgression; sin; act short of standard; defect. [WORDS]

designatus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: designate/elect (WORDS).
General meaning: designate/elect; appointed (but not yet installed magistrate); expected (baby). [WORDS]

devenero, -are, -atus, v.
Church sense: exorcise; ward off by religious rite, avert by prayers; reverence/worship (L+S) (WORDS).
General meaning: exorcise; ward off by religious rite, avert by prayers; reverence/worship (L+S). [WORDS]

devotio, -nis, n.
Church sense: devotion by general/army to infernal gods for country; spell/sorcery (WORDS).
General meaning: devotion by general/army to infernal gods for country; curse; spell/sorcery. [WORDS]

diaconal, -is, adj.
Church sense: deaconal/diaconal, of/pertaining to a deacon/deconate/deaconship (WORDS).
General meaning: deaconal/diaconal, of/pertaining to a deacon/deconate/deaconship. [WORDS]

diaconatus, -i, n.
Church sense: deaconate, office/position of deacon, deaconship; deaconry (Latham) (WORDS).
General meaning: deaconate, office/position of deacon, deaconship; deaconry (Latham). [WORDS]

diaconia, -e, n.
Church sense: deaconate, office/position of deaconship; service, ministry (WORDS).
General meaning: deaconate, office/position of deaconship; service, ministry; hospice. [WORDS]

diaconus, -i, n.
Church sense: the name means only minister or servant, and is employed in this sense both in the Septuagint (though only in the book of Esther, and in the New Testament ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Deacons').
General meaning: deacon; cleric of minor orders (first/highest level). [WORDS]

dimissorial, -is, adj.
Church sense: dimissorial letters: the letters by which one's own bishop permits his subject to be ordained by another bishop (can. 958, § 1).
General meaning: of/pertaining to dismissal/discharge/release/firing, dimissorial. [WORDS]

dioeces, -is, n.
Church sense: diocese, province; Roman provincial district; (later) bishop's jurisdiction (WORDS).
General meaning: diocese, province; Roman provincial district; (later) bishop's jurisdiction. [WORDS]

dioecesanus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: diocesan; of bishop's jurisdiction (WORDS).
General meaning: diocesan; of bishop's jurisdiction. [WORDS]

dioecesis, -, n.
Church sense: the territory or churches subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Diocese').
General meaning: diocese, province; Roman provincial district; (later) bishop's jurisdiction. [WORDS]

dirimens, -is, adj.
Church sense: diriment: of an impediment, one which both gravely prohibits the marriage and prevents its valid contraction (can. 1036, § 2).
General meaning: invalidating, nullifying; E:diriment (diriment impediment annuls marriage). [WORDS]

domicilium, -i, n.
Church sense: the place acquired by residence in a parish or quasi-parish, or at least in a diocese, vicariate or prefecture apostolic, joined with the intention of remaining there permanently, or protracted for ten complete years (can. 92, § 1).
General meaning: residence, home, dwelling, abode. [WORDS]

donatus, -i, n.
Church sense: oblate; one devoted/dedicated to a monastery (WORDS).
General meaning: oblate; one devoted/dedicated to a monastery; (often as a child). [WORDS]

dulia, -e, n.
Church sense: a theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin Mary ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Dulia').
General meaning: religious veneration given to a creature. [WORDS]

ecclesia, -e, n.
Church sense: church; (Universal) Church (Dif) (WORDS).
General meaning: church; assembly, meeting of the assembly (Greek); (Universal) Church (Dif). [WORDS]

ecclesiasticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: ecclesiastic, canonical, of/belonging to the Church (WORDS).
General meaning: ecclesiastic, canonical, of/belonging to the Church; of book of Sirach. [WORDS]

elector, -is, n.
Church sense: elector (WORDS).
General meaning: elector. [WORDS]

eleemosyna, -e, n.
Church sense: any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Alms and Almsgiving').
General meaning: alms, almshouse; gift to a church, religious foundation; pity; (act of) mercy. [WORDS]

Epiphania, -e, n.
Church sense: the feast was called among the Syrians denho (up-going), a name to be connected with the notion of rising light expressed in Luke. I, 78 ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Epiphany').
General meaning: Epiphany, 12th Night, feast of three Kings/Magi; manifestation; plane surface. [WORDS]

episcopal, -is, adj.
Church sense: episcopal, of a bishop (WORDS).
General meaning: episcopal, of a bishop. [WORDS]

episcopatus, -, n.
Church sense: the title of an ecclesiastical dignitary who possesses the fullness of the priesthood to rule a diocese as its chief pastor, in due submission to the primacy of the pope ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Bishop').
General meaning: bishopric; episcopate; bishop's office/dignity/see; overseer; post of authority. [WORDS]

episcopium, -i, n.
Church sense: bishop's see; bishop's residence (WORDS).
General meaning: bishop's see; bishop's residence. [WORDS]

episcopus, -i, n.
Church sense: a successor of the Apostles, placed by divine institution over a particular church which he governs with ordinary power under the authority of the Roman Pontiff (can. 329, § 1).
General meaning: bishop; patriarch; [~ castrensis => military bishop; ~ chori => choir director]. [WORDS]

eucharistia, -e, n.
Church sense: since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the Blessed Eucharist is unquestionably a sacrament of the Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Eucharist, as a Sacrament').
General meaning: Eucharist/Communion; (elements of); any consecrated offering; thanksgiving. [WORDS]

eucharisticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: Eucharistic/pertaining to Holy Eucharist (WORDS).
General meaning: Eucharistic/pertaining to Holy Eucharist; [Doctor ~ => St. John of Chrystostom]. [WORDS]

excardinatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: (transfer of cleric to another diocese/consecrated life) (WORDS).
General meaning: excardination; (transfer of cleric to another diocese/consecrated life). [WORDS]

excardino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: (transfer of cleric to another diocese/consecrated life) (WORDS).
General meaning: excardinate; (transfer of cleric to another diocese/consecrated life). [WORDS]

exclaustratio, -nis, n.
Church sense: (permission to remain outside cloister for definite period) (WORDS).
General meaning: exclaustration; (permission to remain outside cloister for definite period). [WORDS]

exclaustratus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: (being outside cloister with permission) (WORDS).
General meaning: exclaustrated; (being outside cloister with permission). [WORDS]

excommunicatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a censure by which one is excluded from the communion of the faithful, with effects which are enumerated in the following canons and which cannot be separated (can. 2257, § 1).
General meaning: excommunication; censure excluding from Church/community/communion w/faithful). [WORDS]

excommunico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Excommunication').
General meaning: excommunicate; (exclude Catholic from communion w/faithful). [WORDS]

exemptio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the withdrawal of religious, men and women, with their houses and churches, from the jurisdiction of the local Ordinary, except in cases expressed in law (can. 615).
General meaning: removal, taking out; preventing person's court appearance. [WORDS]

exorcismus, -i, n.
Church sense: exorcism is (1) the act of driving out, or warding off, demons, or evil spirits, from persons, places, or things, which are believed to be possessed or infested by them, or are liable to become victims or instruments of their malice; (2) the means employed for this purpose, especially the solemn and authoritative adjuration of the demon, in the name of God, or any of the higher power in which he is subject ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Exorcism').
General meaning: exorcism. [WORDS]

exorcista, -e, n.
Church sense: (1) In general, any one who exorcises or professes to exorcise demons (cf. Acts 19:13); (2) in particular, one ordained by a bishop for this office, ordination to which is the second of the four minor orders of the Western Church ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Exorcist').
General meaning: exorcist; cleric of minor orders (second level from top/deacon). [WORDS]

exorcistatus, -, n.
Church sense: exorcist, third of four lesser orders of Catholic Church (WORDS).
General meaning: exorcist, third of four lesser orders of Catholic Church; (no longer exists). [WORDS]

exorcizo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: exorcise (WORDS).
General meaning: exorcise. [WORDS]

feria, -e, n.
Church sense: a day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Feria').
General meaning: festival/holy day; day of rest/holiday/leisure; holidays (pl.); fair. [WORDS]

festum, -i, n.
Church sense: a feast day; the holydays of obligation in the universal Church are all Sundays and the feasts of Christmas, the Circumcision, the Epiphany, the Ascension, Corpus Christi, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, St. Joseph, SS. Peter and Paul, and All Saints (can. 1247, § 1).
General meaning: holiday; festival; feast day. [WORDS]

haeresis, -, n.
Church sense: after baptism, the obstinate denial of, or obstinate doubt about, a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, by one who retains the Christian name (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: philosophical/religious school of thought/sect; heresy/heretical doctrine (L+S). [WORDS]

haereticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: one who, after baptism and while retaining the Christian name, obstinately denies or doubts a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: heretical, of/belonging to heretical religious doctrines. [WORDS]

hebdomadarius, -i, n.
Church sense: choir official serving for a week (cf. can. 413).
General meaning: choir official serving for a week. [WORDS]

hierarcha, -e, n.
Church sense: bishop (WORDS).
General meaning: bishop; hierarch, member of hierarchy. [WORDS]

hierarchia, -e, n.
Church sense: this word has been used to denote the totality of ruling powers in the Church, ever since the time of the Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (sixth century), who consecrated the expression in his works, 'The Celestial Hierarchy' and 'The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Hierarchy').
General meaning: hierarchy; governing body of Church. [WORDS]

homilia, -e, n.
Church sense: etymology, early development. Also a summary of four ways of preaching on Scripture ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Homily').
General meaning: homily. [WORDS]

hyperdulia, -e, n.
Church sense: superior veneration; veneration due Blessed Virgin Mary (WORDS).
General meaning: superior veneration; veneration due Blessed Virgin Mary. [WORDS]

illegitima, -e, n.
Church sense: as generally defined, and as understood in this article, illegitimacy denotes the condition of children born out of wedlock ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Illegitimacy').
General meaning: female bastard. [WORDS]

impedimentum, -i, n.
Church sense: an impeding impediment contains a grave prohibition against contracting marriage yet does not render it null; a diriment impediment both gravely prohibits the marriage and prevents its valid contraction (can. 1036, § 1-2).
General meaning: hindrance, impediment; heavy baggage (of an army) (pl.). [WORDS]

impubes, -is, adj.
Church sense: one below the age of puberty; before the completed seventh year called an infant and deemed without the use of reason (can. 88, § 3).
General meaning: below age of puberty, under age, youthful; beardless; chaste/virgin/celibate. [WORDS]

incardinatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: incorporating clergyman into diocese/church; raise to cardinal (WORDS).
General meaning: incardination; incorporating clergyman into diocese/church; raise to cardinal. [WORDS]

incardinatus, -i, n.
Church sense: incardinatus, one (clergy) who has right to succeed to a church (WORDS).
General meaning: incardinatus, one (clergy) who has right to succeed to a church. [WORDS]

incardino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: become member of diocese (clergy); raise to cardinal (WORDS).
General meaning: incardinate; become member of diocese (clergy); raise to cardinal. [WORDS]

indultarius, -i, n.
Church sense: person having an indult (leave/permission from Church superior) (WORDS).
General meaning: person having an indult (leave/permission from Church superior). [WORDS]

infidus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: writing without faith; writing faithlessly (WORDS).
General meaning: writing without faith; writing faithlessly. [WORDS]

laical, -is, adj.
Church sense: not priestly/in orders/consecrated (WORDS).
General meaning: lay, common; of the laity/people; not priestly/in orders/consecrated. [WORDS]

laicalis, -, n.
Church sense: layman, one not belonging to the priesthood/in orders (WORDS).
General meaning: layman, one not belonging to the priesthood/in orders. [WORDS]

laiciso, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: the term laity signifies the aggregation of those Christians who do not form part of the clergy. Consequently the word lay does not strictly connote any idea of hostility towards the clergy or the Church much less towards religion (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Laicization').
General meaning: laicize; make lay, reduce to lay state; secularize, make (office) lay tenable. [WORDS]

laicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: the body of the faithful, outside of the ranks of the clergy ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Laity').
General meaning: lay, common; of the laity/people; not priestly/in orders/consecrated. [WORDS]

legatus, -i, n.
Church sense: a legate of the Roman Pontiff, sent into any part of the world with or without ecclesiastical jurisdiction, independent of civil power (can. 265).
General meaning: envoy, ambassador, legate; commander of a legion; officer; deputy. [WORDS]

lex, legis, n.
Church sense: by law in the widest sense is understood that exact guide, rule, or authoritative standard by which a being is moved to action or held back from it ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Law').
General meaning: law; motion, bill, statute; principle; condition. [WORDS]

litania, -e, n.
Church sense: a form of responsive prayer, used in public liturgical services and private devotions ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Litany').
General meaning: litany. [WORDS]

liturgia, -e, n.
Church sense: a Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Liturgy').
General meaning: liturgy. [WORDS]

magisterium, -i, n.
Church sense: the word tradition refers sometimes to the thing (doctrine, account, or custom) transmitted from one generation to another sometimes to the organ or mode of the transmission ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Tradition and Living Magisterium').
General meaning: office of superintendent/president/master/chief; instruction/control/governance. [WORDS]

mansionarius, -i, n.
Church sense: an officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times many duties of the sacristan were performed by the doorkeepers (ostiarii), later by the mansionarii and the treasurers ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacristan').
General meaning: sexton/sacristan/custodian; holder of small benefice; lodging manager; resident. [WORDS]

martyr, -is, n.
Church sense: the Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation. The term martyr came to be exclusively applied to those who had died for the faith ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Martyr').
General meaning: martyr; witness; one who by his death bears witness to the truth of Christ. [WORDS]

martyrium, -i, n.
Church sense: martyrdom; testimony w/one's blood of faith in Christ; martyr's grave/church (WORDS).
General meaning: martyrdom; testimony w/one's blood of faith in Christ; martyr's grave/church. [WORDS]

matrimonium, -ii, n.
Church sense: between the baptized, the matrimonial contract itself, raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament (can. 1012, § 1).
General meaning: marriage; matrimony; wedlock. [WORDS]

metropolita, -e, n.
Church sense: in ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever relates to the metropolis, the principal city, or see, of an ecclesiastical province ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Metropolitan').
General meaning: metropolitan, bishop in metropolis/chief city; bishop of a metropolitan church. [WORDS]

metropolitanus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: metropolitan, belonging to a metropolis/chief city (WORDS).
General meaning: metropolitan, belonging to a metropolis/chief city. [WORDS]

missio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a general survey of the missionary activity of the Catholic Church at the time the article was written (1908) ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Missions, Catholic').
General meaning: mission, sending (away); dismissal, discharge (of soldiers); reprieve. [WORDS]

missionarius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: a general survey of the missionary activity of the Catholic Church at the time the article was written (1908) ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Missions, Catholic').
General meaning: missionary. [WORDS]

mitra, -e, n.
Church sense: a kind of folding-cap consisting of two like parts, each stiffened by a lining and rising to a peak; these are sewn together on the sides, but are united above by a piece of material that can fold together ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Mitre').
General meaning: mitre (bishop/abbot); oriental headband/coif/turban/head-dress; rope/cable. [WORDS]

monachus, -i, n.
Church sense: a member of a community of men, leading a more or less contemplative life apart from the world, under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule characteristic of the particular order to which he belongs ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Monk').
General meaning: monk. [WORDS]

monasterium, -i, n.
Church sense: monastery (WORDS).
General meaning: monastery. [WORDS]

monasticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: monastic (WORDS).
General meaning: monastic. [WORDS]

monialis, -, n.
Church sense: females consecrated to God by religious vows ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Nuns').
General meaning: nun. [WORDS]

mulcta, -e, n.
Church sense: a fine; among the vindicative penalties with which the Church can punish the delicts of the faithful (can. 2291).
General meaning: fine; penalty; penalty involving property (livestock, later money). [WORDS]

multa, -e, n.
Church sense: a fine; among the vindicative penalties with which the Church can punish the delicts of the faithful (can. 2291).
General meaning: fine; penalty; penalty involving property (livestock, later money). [WORDS]

mysterius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: of a mystery/secret rite (WORDS).
General meaning: mysterious; of a mystery/secret rite. [WORDS]

mysticum, -i, n.
Church sense: things (pl.) pertaining to/used in sacred mysteries/rites (WORDS).
General meaning: things (pl.) pertaining to/used in sacred mysteries/rites. [WORDS]

novitiatus, -i, n.
Church sense: novitiate (cf. can. 539).
General meaning: novitiate. [WORDS]

novitius, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: the canonical Latin name of those who, having been regularly admitted into a religious order and ordinarily already confirmed in their higher vocation by a certain period of probation as postulants, are prepared by a series of exercises and tests for the religious profession ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Novice').
General meaning: novice-; of a novice. [WORDS]

nun, n.
Church sense: nun (WORDS).
General meaning: nun; (14th letter of Hebrew alphabet); (transliterate as N). [WORDS]

oecumenicus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: ecumenical (cf. can. 221).
General meaning: ecumenical. [WORDS]

ordinatus, -i, n.
Church sense: the sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Orders').
General meaning: ordinatus, one (clergy) who has a church (versus cardinatus). [WORDS]

ordino, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: the sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy Orders').
General meaning: order/arrange, set in order; adjust, regulate; compose. [WORDS]

ostiarius, -i, n.
Church sense: a minor order also called "doorkeeper" ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Porter').
General meaning: porter, doorkeeper; cleric of minor orders (lowest/fourth level from deacon). [WORDS]

Papa, -e, n.
Church sense: the Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter in the primacy, who has not only the primacy of honor but the supreme and full power of jurisdiction over the universal Church (can. 218, § 1).
General meaning: pope. [WORDS]

parochia, -e, n.
Church sense: parish (WORDS).
General meaning: parish; ecclesiastical district. [WORDS]

paroecia, -e, n.
Church sense: parish (WORDS).
General meaning: parish; ecclesiastical district. [WORDS]

paroecianus, -i, n.
Church sense: parishioner (WORDS).
General meaning: parishioner. [WORDS]

patriarcha, -e, n.
Church sense: the word 'patriarch' as applied to Biblical personages comes from the Septuagint version . . (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Patriarch').
General meaning: patriarch; father/chief of a tribe; chief bishop, Patriarch. [WORDS]

pontifex, -icis, n.
Church sense: the Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter in the primacy, who has not only the primacy of honor but the supreme and full power of jurisdiction over the universal Church (can. 218, § 1).
General meaning: high priest/pontiff; (of Roman supreme college of priests); pope. [WORDS]

pontificus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: pontifical (WORDS).
General meaning: pontifical. [WORDS]

praescriptio, -nis, n.
Church sense: prescription, as a way of acquiring and of being freed, accepted by the Church for ecclesiastical goods as it stands in the civil legislation of the respective nation (can. 1508).
General meaning: preface/preamble/title/heading; preliminary; precept/rule; pretext/excuse/cover. [WORDS]

presbyteral, -is, adj.
Church sense: priestly (WORDS).
General meaning: priestly. [WORDS]

presbyterium, -i, n.
Church sense: assembly of elders/presbyters; priest's house? (WORDS).
General meaning: assembly of elders/presbyters; priest's house?. [WORDS]

presbyterus, -i, n.
Church sense: elder/presbyter (in Christian Church); priest (WORDS).
General meaning: elder/presbyter (in Christian Church); priest. [WORDS]

prior, -is, n.
Church sense: superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior (WORDS).
General meaning: superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior. [WORDS]

privilegium, -i, n.
Church sense: a permanent concession made by a legislator outside of the common law ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Privilege').
General meaning: law in favor of/against specific individual; (claim of) special right/privilege. [WORDS]

professio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the religious profession: the pronouncement of vows after the novitiate, first simple and temporary, then perpetual (can. 574, § 1).
General meaning: declaration/avowal/profession; formal declaration/return; profession/occupation. [WORDS]

prophetia, -e, n.
Church sense: says that in the strict sense, prophecy is the revelation of future events, but points out that in Scripture, prophecy may also be related to the gift of knowledge and sometimes is used to refer to divine inspiration concerning any secret ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Prophecy').
General meaning: prophecy; prediction; body of prophets/singers. [WORDS]

provincialis, -, n.
Church sense: an officer acting under the superior general of a religious order, and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors in a division of the order called a province (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Provincial').
General meaning: provincial (person). [WORDS]

purgatorium, -i, n.
Church sense: a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Purgatory').
General meaning: purgatory. [WORDS]

regular, -is, adj.
Church sense: monks in observance of the Rule of St. Benedict ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Regulars').
General meaning: bar-, of/in a bar; formable into bars, ductile (L+S); [aes ~ => bar-copper]. [WORDS]

religio, -nis, n.
Church sense: a society approved by legitimate ecclesiastical authority, in which the members, according to its proper laws, pronounce public vows, perpetual or temporary to be renewed when they lapse, and so tend to evangelical perfection (can. 488, 1°).
General meaning: supernatural constraint/taboo; obligation; sanction; worship; rite; sanctity. [WORDS]

religiosus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: pious/devout/religious/scrupulous; taboo/sacred (WORDS).
General meaning: pious/devout/religious/scrupulous; superstitious; taboo/sacred; reverent/devout. [WORDS]

residentia, -e, n.
Church sense: a remaining or abiding where one's duties lie or where one's occupation is properly carried on ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Residence, Ecclesiastical').
General meaning: residence. [WORDS]

reus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: liable to (penalty of) (cf. can. 2222).
General meaning: liable to (penalty of); guilty; [mens rea => guilty mind (modern legal term)]. [WORDS]

ritual, -is, adj.
Church sense: one of the official books of the Roman Rite. It contains all the services performed by a priest that are not in the Missal and Breviary and has also, for convenience, some that are in those books ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Ritual').
General meaning: ritual; of ceremonies. [WORDS]

ritus, -, n.
Church sense: the ceremonies, prayers, and functions of any religious body ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Rites').
General meaning: rite; ceremony. [WORDS]

sacellum, -i, n.
Church sense: when St. Martin divided his military cloak (cappa) and gave half to the beggar at the gate of Amiens, he wrapped the other half round his shoulders, thus making of it a cape (capella) (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Chapel').
General meaning: shrine. [WORDS]

sacerdos, -tis, n.
Church sense: the minister of Divine worship and sacrifice ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Priest').
General meaning: priest, priestess. [WORDS]

sacerdotal, -is, adj.
Church sense: priestly, connected with priests or priesthood (WORDS).
General meaning: priestly, connected with priests or priesthood. [WORDS]

sacerdotium, -i, n.
Church sense: priesthood; benefice/living (Erasmus) (WORDS).
General meaning: priesthood; benefice/living (Erasmus). [WORDS]

sacramentum, -i, n.
Church sense: one of the sacraments of the New Law, instituted by Christ our Lord as a principal means of sanctification and salvation (can. 731, § 1).
General meaning: sum deposited in a civil process, guaranty; oath of allegiance; sacrament. [WORDS]

sacrarium, -i, n.
Church sense: liturgical structures used in baptisms or priestly ablutions ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Piscina').
General meaning: shrine, sanctuary. [WORDS]

sacrificium, -i, n.
Church sense: this term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrifice').
General meaning: sacrifice, offering to a deity. [WORDS]

sacrifico, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: this term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrifice').
General meaning: sacrifice; celebrate the Mass (Erasmus). [WORDS]

sacrificum, -i, n.
Church sense: sacrifice, offering to a deity (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrifice, offering to a deity. [WORDS]

sacrificus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: sacrificial, associated with the performance of sacrifice/priestly duties (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrificial, associated with the performance of sacrifice/priestly duties. [WORDS]

sacrilegium, -i, n.
Church sense: the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. In a less proper sense any transgression against the virtue of religion would be a sacrilege ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacrilege').
General meaning: sacrilege; robbery of sacred property. [WORDS]

sacrilegus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: sacrilegious, impious (WORDS).
General meaning: sacrilegious, impious. [WORDS]

sacrista, -e, n.
Church sense: an officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times many duties of the sacristan were performed by the doorkeepers (ostiarii), later by the mansionarii and the treasurers ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Sacristan').
General meaning: sacristan (one charged with books/treasury of church/monastery); vestryman. [WORDS]

sacrosanctus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: consecrated by religious ceremony, sacred, inviolable, most holy (WORDS).
General meaning: consecrated by religious ceremony, sacred, inviolable, most holy; venerable. [WORDS]

saecular, -is, adj.
Church sense: the secular cleric makes no profession and follows no religious rule ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Secular Clergy').
General meaning: secular, of world not church; gentile. [WORDS]

sanctio, -nis, n.
Church sense: law/ordinance/sanction/degree (cf. can. 2195).
General meaning: law/ordinance/sanction/degree; binding clause; penal sanction against violation. [WORDS]

scandalum, -i, n.
Church sense: a word or action evil in itself, which occasions another's spiritual ruin ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Scandal').
General meaning: temptation/inducement to sin; cause of offense; stumbling block. [WORDS]

schisma, -tis, n.
Church sense: the refusal of subjection to the Supreme Pontiff, or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: schism/split/deep divide; separation/breaking away; (refusal to submit to Pope). [WORDS]

schismaticus, -a, -um, adj.
Church sense: one who refuses subjection to the Supreme Pontiff or communion with the members of the Church subject to him (can. 1325, § 2).
General meaning: schismatic; pertaining to schism. [WORDS]

secretarium, -i, n.
Church sense: |council chamber; conclave, consistory; private chapel (WORDS).
General meaning: |council chamber; conclave, consistory; private chapel; retirement place. [WORDS]

sedes, -is, n.
Church sense: a term derived from the enthronement-ceremony of the bishops of Rome ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Holy See').
General meaning: seat; home, residence; settlement, habitation; chair. [WORDS]

simonia, -e, n.
Church sense: usually defined 'a deliberate intention of buying or selling for a temporal price such things as are spiritual of annexed unto spirituals' ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Simony').
General meaning: simony; buying/selling of a benefice/ecclesiastical position. [WORDS]

societas, -tis, n.
Church sense: a society of men or women imitating the religious life, living in common under superiors according to approved constitutions but without the three usual public vows; not properly a religious institute (can. 673, § 1).
General meaning: society; alliance/partnership; trading company; fellowship, communion. [WORDS]

sollemn, -is, adj.
Church sense: solemn, ceremonial, sacred, in accordance w/religion/law (WORDS).
General meaning: solemn, ceremonial, sacred, in accordance w/religion/law; traditional/customary. [WORDS]

sponsal, -is, n.
Church sense: the promise of marriage, unilateral or bilateral, null for both fora unless made in a writing signed by the parties and by the pastor or local Ordinary or by at least two witnesses (can. 1017, § 1).
General meaning: betrothal (pl.), espousal; wedding; wedding feast. [WORDS]

stipendium, -i, n.
Church sense: the alms or stipend which, according to the received and approved custom of the Church, a priest may receive for celebrating and applying a Mass (can. 824, § 1).
General meaning: tribute, stipend; pay, wages; military service. [WORDS]

subdiaconus, -i, n.
Church sense: the subdiaconate is the lowest of the sacred or major orders in the Latin Church (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Subdeacon').
General meaning: subdeacon; cleric of minor orders (second level from top/deacon). [WORDS]

subreptio, -nis, n.
Church sense: stealing/taking secretly or by deception (cf. can. 42).
General meaning: stealing/taking secretly or by deception; filching; purloining, theft (L+S). [WORDS]

subrogo, -are, -avi, -atus, v.
Church sense: elect/propose/nominate/cause to be elected as successor/substitute (WORDS).
General meaning: elect/propose/nominate/cause to be elected as successor/substitute; substitute. [WORDS]

suspensio, -onis, n.
Church sense: a censure by which a cleric is forbidden his office or benefice or both (can. 2278, § 1).
General meaning: a hanging up; arching or vaulting (rare). [L&S]

synodus, -i, n.
Church sense: a general term for ecclesiastical gatherings under hierarchical authority, for the discussion and decision of matters relating to faith, morals, or discipline. It corresponds to the Latin word concilium ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Synod').
General meaning: synod, general council; college of priests. [WORDS]

tonsura, -e, n.
Church sense: the rite by which a layman is enrolled among the clergy: those dedicated to the divine ministry by the reception of at least first tonsure are called clerics (can. 108, § 1).
General meaning: clipping, shearing; pruning; tonsure; haircut. [WORDS]

triduana, -e, n.
Church sense: three days. Frequently chosen for prayer or for other devout practices ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Triduum').
General meaning: three days' fast. [WORDS]

vicariatus, -, n.
Church sense: in canon law, the representative of a person clothed with ordinary ecclesiastical jurisdiction ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Vicar').
General meaning: curacy, office/position od curate. [WORDS]

visitatio, -nis, n.
Church sense: the act of an ecclesiastical superior who in the discharge of his office visits persons or places with a view of maintaining faith and discipline, and of correcting abuses by the application of proper remedies ... (Catholic Encyclopedia, 'Visitation, Canonical').
General meaning: |visit/visitation; (to sick/prisoners); visit of inspection/supervision. [WORDS]

votum, -i, n.
Church sense: a deliberate and free promise made to God of a possible and better good, which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion (can. 1307, § 1).
General meaning: vow, pledge, religious undertaking/promise; prayer/wish; votive offering; vote. [WORDS]