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Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..

Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

Noncommunion :: Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

Kirkman :: Kirkman (n.) A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion..

Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.

Introit :: Introit (n.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..

Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) The concluding portion of the communion service.

Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..

Communion :: Communion (n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion..

Gloria :: Gloria (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used..

Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Corporas :: Corporas (n.) The corporal, or communion cloth..

Seceder :: Seceder (n.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called..

Churchwarden :: Churchwarden (n.) One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service..

Commune :: Commune (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

Sanctus :: Sanctus (n.) 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..

Fellowship :: Fellowship (v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship..

Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

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