| Abbey |
A
major monastic establishment |
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| Aisle |
Side
passages in a church |
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| Ashkenazian |
A
Jewish group originating mainly in eastern Europe |
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| Buty |
A
person who runs a coal mine for its owner |
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| Calvinist |
A
follower of the doctrines of John Calvin, the religious reformer |
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| Cardinal |
A
dignitary close to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy |
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| Caribee
Island |
Caribee
Island was an area of Wolverhampton bounded by Stafford Street, Back
Lane, Carbury Street and Canal Street (Broad Street)
It was an area known in the 19th century for its slum housing and
overcrowding.
It was also an area where a large number of Irish immigrants lived
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| Cassati |
An
area of land capable of supporting a family |
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| Chancel |
Eastern
part of a church |
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| Chantry |
Chapel
for the chanting or singing of religious music |
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| Chapel
of Ease |
Chapel
built to ease the numbers attending a particular church or chapel
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| Cholera |
A
highly infectious and deadly disease spread mainly via dirty water |
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| Circuit |
A
group of local Methodist churches |
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| Citadel |
A
place of worship in the Salvation Army, a fortress |
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| Classical
Style |
A
form of architecture in a Greek or Roman Style |
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| Clerestory |
Part
of a church wall above the roof of the aisle containing windows for
lighting the nave |
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| Cockfighting |
An
activity where two or more cockerels fight each other |
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| Communicants |
Persons
who take Holy Communion |
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| Consecrated |
To
set apart for holy use |
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| Corps |
A
division of the army |
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| Cruciform |
In
the form or shape of a cross |
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| Dean |
One
who under a Bishop has special care and inspection of clergy |
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| Decorated
style |
A
style of architecture similar to the Gothic style elaborated and richly
decorated |
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| Early
English style |
A
style of architecture that followed the Norman style around the 12th
Century |
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| Embellished |
To
make beautiful with ornaments |
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| Epidemic |
A
disease affecting a community at a certain time |
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| Font |
The
place where a Christian baptism takes place |
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| Gallery |
An
upper floor of seats |
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| Gothic
style |
An
architectural style with high pointed arches |
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| Hansom
Cab |
A
light two-wheeled cab with the driver's seat raised behind |
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| Immigrants |
Persons
who move from one country to another |
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| Irish
Famine |
A
famine caused by the failure of the potato crop in 1840 |
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| Layman/woman |
A
person, not clergy, who is authorised to read part of a religious
service |
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| Mass |
The
celebration of the Lord's Supper in Roman Catholic churches |
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| Migration |
To
move from one place to another to live usually in the same country
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| Monastery |
A
religious community where monks live |
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| Monks |
A
person who lives within a religious community |
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| Mosque |
Muslim
temple |
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| Napoleonic
Wars |
Wars
between Britain and its Allies against France during the latter part
of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century |
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| Nave |
The
main part of a church |
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| Perpendicular
style |
A
style of architecture similar to Gothic with slender pillars and vertical
lines |
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| Petition |
A
formal request to authority, usually in the form of a group of signatures
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| Preacher |
A
person who talks, teaches, or publishes religious material |
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| Presbyterian |
Protestant
group governed by lay (non-clergy) elders |
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| Prior |
The
head of a priory, a place next in rank below an abbey |
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| Protestant
Dissenters |
Persons
who rejected the authority of the Protestant Church |
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| Puritan |
A
person who during the period of the Elizabethans and Stuarts believed
in a strict morality and purity in the protestant religion |
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| Quagmire |
Wet
muddy ground |
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| Rabbi |
A
Jewish person who teaches and explains Jewish religious law |
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| Recusants |
A
Dissenter, a person who refused to renounce the Roman Catholic Church
following the Reformation |
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| Segregation |
Separation
of one group of people from another |
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| Sephardic |
A
Jewish group originating mainly in Spain
and Portugal
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| Synagogue |
An
assembly of Jews for the purpose of worship |
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| Temperance |
Abstinence
from drinking alcohol |
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| Temple |
Place
of worship |
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| Trinitarian |
A
believer in the union of three in one Godhead |
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| Transept |
A
wing or cross aisle of a church |
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| Vicar
Apostolic |
A Bishop appointed by the Pope |
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