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Gremiale – An Apron-like Catholic Liturgical Vestment

March 20, 2009 – 11:04 am

The gremiale, also called gremial, is an apron-like vestment worn by the bishop as part of the Catholic Mass or other sacred orders.  The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the current understanding of this vestment in this way: A square or oblong cloth which the bishop, according to the “Cæremoniale” and “Pontificale”, should wear over his lap, [...]

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Hypaethral – A Roofless Temple

November 26, 2008 – 11:17 am

I came across a new word today in my inbox – hypaethral (\hye-PEETH-rul\).  Webster defines this adjective as: 1  : having a roofless central space 2  : open to the sky What caught my interest was that this word is applied mostly to ancient temples.  The example sentence that was given was: During our tour [...]

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The Degree Ceremonies of Oxford University – Part 3

June 30, 2008 – 8:34 am

(Continued from Part 2) For those of you who don’t want to wade through my analysis of the Oxford degree ceremony in the last part, or if you’d just like to see what the presentation is like, the degree ceremony that took place on September 28, 2007 at Oxford University was formally videotaped and posted [...]

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