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Anglican Terms Glossary A guide
for non-Anglicans (and new Anglicans) to many of the terms and phrases in use
in many Anglican Churches.
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Reader - anyone who reads a lesson,
psalm or prayer in a service. Lay persons may read any lesson but the Gospel
reading is usually done by an ordained person. (Also see Lector). ·
Recession - a procession out of a
church. ·
Rector - the priest or minister of a
local church or parish; the head priest of a parish. ·
Rectory - the residence of a rector;
the place where an Episcopal minister lives. ·
Requiem - A celebration of the
Eucharist for the commemoration of the dead; a funeral service or memorial
service. Sometimes the word is preceded by the word 'solemn': Solemn Requiem.
Sometimes the word is preceded by 'high': High Requiem--which only indicates
that portions of the service will be sung or chanted. A High Requiem Mass is
a funeral service with communion and singing of parts of the service. ·
Reredos - [rear-re-doss] any decoration
behind or above an altar; may be in the form of statues, screens, or
tapestries. ·
Reverend Doctor - and ordained person
[hence Reverend] who also holds some degree at the doctorate level [hence
Doctor]--a way of referring to a priest who was also a professor or to a
priest who held an honorary doctorate; a bishop who held a doctorate would be
referred to as the Right Reverend Doctor. ·
Reverend Father - an affectionate,
devotional or pietistic way of referring to a priest who accepted the term
Father. ·
Reverend Mr./Mrs./Ms.
- see Mr./Mrs./Ms. ·
Reserved Sacrament - The consecrated
Bread and Wine reserved for administration to the sick or others who could
not attend the celebration of the Eucharist. ·
Reverence - (of the Altar or the
Blessed Sacrament) A genuflection or solemn bow. ·
Rubric - The
ceremonial and other directions found printed in italics in The Book of
Common Prayer. The word comes from the Latin for "red" since
the directions were traditionally printed in that color. . .
.
Holy
Cross Anglican Church 515 Herron
Road * Farragut, Tennessee
37934 865-675-6406 * rector@holycrossanglican.net ,
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