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| The place for baptism, sometimes designed with eight sides | |
| An actual shell or one made of a precious metal for pouring the water | |
| A small pitcher used to pour water into the font bowl | |
| A small plate use for the distribution of the Host | |
| Bread (wafer) used in Holy Communion | |
| A small box, usually made of precious metal, for storing the hosts on the altar | |
| A small box, usually made of precious metal, for storing the hosts on the altar | |
| In the same shape as the chalice but with a cover, it has the same function as the Host box | |
| The cup used for the distribution of the wine in Holy Communion | |
| A glass decanter used to store the wine on the altar | |
| A larger pitcher made of a precious metal used to store the wine on the altar | |
| A linen cloth, often 12” by 18”, on which the communion vessels are placed on the altar | |
| A large linen cloth which covers the communion vessels on the altar | |
| A small linen napkin used to clean the chalice during the distribution | |
| A plain white garment considered to be the historic vestment for Christian worship | |
| A cloth rope that may be worn at the waist with an alb | |
| Matching the liturgical color of the day, this yoke-like garment is the symbol of ordination and the pastoral office | |
| A poncho-like garment worn by the presiding minister at a service with Holy Communion | |
| A form-fitting black garment often worn under a surplice which may also be worn without the surplice on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday | |
| A stylized version of an alb worn over a cassock | |
| A typical black robe, also known as a black Geneva, which in some places of WELS is still the standard vestment | |
| A black robe so named because the practice in Calvin’s Geneva was to wear standard street clothes and not the historic vestments at worship | |
| A pulpit robe adorned with academic paraphernalia | |
| A cross worn by a minister over his vestment at about chest level | |
| The place for the people in a church building | |
| The place in which the altar and ambo (and sometimes the font) are positioned | |
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| Often used to describe the church as opposed to narthex or educational wing; also used to speak of the chancel | |
| A room near the chancel where the ministers prepare for worship | |
| A room near the chancel where worship materials are prepared and stored | |
| Some use this word to describe either of the above | |
| A foyer which divides the church entrance from the nave | |
| A larger space that divides the entrance from the nave but also functions as a congregation’s “living room” | |
| In a cross-shaped church, the “arms” of the nave | |
| A place in or near the chancel in which the choir sings, usually in pew sections facing each other perpendicular to the altar | |
| Symbolizing both the Ark of the Covenant and the Communion Table, this is the focal point of the chancel and is made of wood or stone | |
| The top of the altar | |
| The back of the altar, rising above the altar and accentuating its central position | |
| The rack on which the altar books rests | |
| Raised “above” worshipers for ease in seeing and hearing, this is the historic and now restored place for the reading and preaching of the Word | |
| The traditional word for the place for preaching | |
| The traditional word for the place for reading | |
| The same as lectern | |
| A kneeling bench for clergy | |
| Cross with a corpus | |
| The body of Jesus in wood or precious metals | |
| Oil burning lights that hang above the chancel symbolizing the presence of Christ | |
| A large candle placed on a large base lighted during the Easter Season and for Holy Baptism and Christian Funeral | |
| A shelf in the chancel on which communion vessels or offering plates may be placed when not in use | |
| Richly designed fabrics that hang from the altar and ambo (and the stole) displaying the liturgical colors and Christians symbols | |
| A large linen placed on top of the mensa | |
| A sink that drains to a bed of gravel in which the chalice wine leftover from Holy Communion is poured | |
| A person, often a young boy or girl, who lights the altar candles and may carry a torch in the Service of Light (Evening Prayer) | |
| | Hint | Term |
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| A man who reads the Scripture Lessons who is not the presiding minister | |
| A cross with a long staff carried in processions | |
| A large candle with a long staff carried in processions | |
| The person who carries the processional cross | |
| The person who carries a processional torch | |
| Used by some Lutherans in Evening Prayer and Compline as a symbol for prayer | |
| The small pot in which the charcoal and incense are placed and burn | |
| A censor on a chain for carrying | |
| The person who carries and uses the thurible | |
| A large linen cloth that covers a casket in Christian Funeral | |
| An ornately decorated book in which is kept a copy of the four Gospels | |
| A procession in which the Gospel Book is carried to the midst of the congregation and read among the people | |
| A book containing (or a list of) the lessons appointed for the Sundays and festivals of the Christian year | |
| A book containing the usual rites of a church body (Occasional Services) | |
| A set of daily services with its roots in the monastery | |
| The main morning service of the Daily Office (Morning Praise) | |
| The main evening service of the Daily Office (Evening Prayer) | |
| The last service of the Daily Office (Prayer at the Close of Day) | |
| Days commemorating less important events in Jesus’ early life, the lives of the apostles, and notable events in the history of the Church | |
| A set of five song texts that from the skeleton of the liturgy: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei | |
| A set of readings, psalms, prayers, and hymns that match the focus of the day’s Gospel and change according to the church year | |
| Instructions for conducting and participating in worship | |
| The Sunday before Easter on which the Scriptures of the Lord’s Passion were first read in Christian churches, replaced in WELS with Palm Sunday | |
| A service of darkness on Good Friday | |
| The time between 6:00 p.m. on Maundy Thursday until 6:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday encompassing the events in the Savior’s life from the Institution of the Meal on Thursday to his ap | |
| The culmination of the ancient Catechuminate, this service offered baptism to new Christians and focused on the connection between baptism and Easter | |
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