Unit 5 Vocab

Question 1

Advent

Answer 1

The four wee liturgical season during which Christians prepare themselves for the celebration of Christmas

Question 2

Ash Wednesday

Answer 2

First day of Lent

Question 3

Celebrant/Presider

Answer 3

The person who oversees any act of public worship. In the Eucharistic liturgy or Mass the celebrant is always an ordained priest

Question 4

Chalice

Answer 4

Goblet; consecrated cup used for the blood of Jesus Christ

Question 5

Christmas

Answer 5

A Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Christ

Question 6

Congregation

Answer 6

A group of people assembled for religious worship

Question 7

Epiphany

Answer 7

Christian feast day in honor of the wisemen who visited Jesus after his birth

Question 8

Holy Week

Answer 8

The week before Easter, starting on Palm Sunday

Question 9

Lectionary

Answer 9

The book of scriptures read at the liturgy of the word

Question 10

Lent

Answer 10

Traditionally, the span of forty days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. In the official church calendar, lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday evening with the celebration of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Question 11

Liturgy

Answer 11

The official public worship of the church

Question 12

Liturgical calendar

Answer 12

Seasons and feast of the church year to mark events in the life and Paschal mystery of Christ as well as the lives of Mary and the saints

Question 13

Liturgist

Answer 13

A person who plans and coordinates liturgical celebrations

Question 14

Liturgical Year

Answer 14

The annual cycle of religious feast and seasons that forms the context for the Church’s worship

Question 15

Feast of Mary, Mother of God

Answer 15

January 1

Question 16

Ordinary Time

Answer 16

The part of the liturgical year outside of the seasons and feasts. The color of this season is green to symbolize growth

Question 17

Parousia

Answer 17

The Second Coming of Christ when the Lord will judge the living and the dead

Question 18

Paschal Mystery

Answer 18

The suffering, death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ

Question 19

Paten

Answer 19

A plate, dish, or bowl used to hold the Eucharist at a Christian ceremony

Question 20

Pentecost

Answer 20

50 days after Easter, birthday of the church

Question 21

Purificator

Answer 21

A small cloth for the chalice used during communion

Question 22

Sacramentary

Answer 22

A book containing the prayers needed by a priest to celebrate the Eucharist and sometimes other sacraments

Question 23

Triduum

Answer 23

Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday; leads up to Easter Sunday

Question 24

Altar

Answer 24

The table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services.

Question 25

Ambry

Answer 25

Recess for sacred oils (Chrism, Oil of Anointing & Oil of Catechumens)

Question 26

Sanctuary

Answer 26

The most scared part of the religious building (such as the part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed)

Question 27

Tabernacle

Answer 27

The place where Consecrated Hosts are kept after the celebration of the Mass

Question 28

Easter

Answer 28

The day on which Christians celebrate Jesus’ Resur­rec­tion from the dead; considered the most holy of all days and the climax of the Church’s liturgical year

Question 29

Advent Color

Answer 29

Blue or Blue Purple

Question 30

Christmas, Easter, and Holy Days

Answer 30

White

Question 31

Ordinary time Color

Answer 31

Green

Question 32

Lent Color

Answer 32

Purple or Red

Question 33

Feasts of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), Feasts of Martyrs

Answer 33

Red

Question 34

3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday), 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)

Answer 34

Rose

Question 35

Ambo

Answer 35

a large pulpit or reading desk in early churches and in contemporary Greek and Balkan churches

Question 36

Lectionary

Answer 36

The official liturgical book from which the read­ings selected for the Liturgy of the Word during Mass are pro­claimed

Question 37

Narthex

Answer 37

the portico of an ancient church

Question 38

Nave

Answer 38

the main part of the interior of a church

Question 39

Sacristy

Answer 39

a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept and where the clergy vests