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Aspergillum :: Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

Romanced :: Romanced (imp. & p. p.) of Romanc.

Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..

Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches..

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.

Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..

Congiary :: Congiary (n.) A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius..

Laetere Sunday :: Laetere Sunday () The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Laetare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service..

Complin :: Complin (n.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset..

Astromantic :: Astromantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc..

Catonian :: Catonian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible..

Hydromantic :: Hydromantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination by water.

Peplus :: Peplus (n.) An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

Chiromancy :: Chiromancy (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry..

Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..

Archimandrite :: Archimandrite (n.) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church..

Romance :: Romance (n.) An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance..

Pall :: Pall (n.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y..

Promanation :: Promanation (n.) The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.

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