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		An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.  Click Here to Order Liturgical Terms P Pall Palm Sunday (The Sunday of the Passion) Pange Lingua Paraments Pasch Pascha nostrum (Christ our Passover) Paschal Candle Paschal Mystery Passion Passion Gospel, Passion Narrative Passion Sunday Passover Pastoral Offices Pastoral Staff Paten Pater Noster Pavement Lights Pax Board Pax Brede Pax, The Peace, The Pectoral Cross Pedilavium Penitence Pentateuch Pentecost Pentecost (Season) Petition Pew Phos hilaron Piscina Pix Plainchant Plainsong Plainsong Psalter, The Planeta Plate (Offering) Pointing Prayer Prayer Book Prayer Book Studies Prayer Desk Prayers of the People Prayers We Have in Common Preacher Preaching Preaching Bands Preaching Gown Preaching Scarf Preaching Tabs Preces Preface (Eucharistic) Pre-Lenten Season Prelude Preparation of the Table and Presentation of the Offerings Pre-Sanctified, Mass of the Presentation of the Gifts President, Presider (liturgical) Prie-Dieu Priest Priest's Host Principal Feasts Pro-anaphora Procession (Liturgical) Processional Cross Proper Proper Liturgies for Special Days Proper Preface Psalm Tone Psalm, Psalmody, Psalter Psalter Pulpit Purificator Pyx (or Pix)   Q Quadragesima Quaerite Dominum Quinquagesima Sunday Quire   R Rabat Reader Reading Desk Reading Pew Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows Real Presence Reception of the Body (At Time of Death) Recitation Reciting Note Recognition and Investiture of a Diocesan Bishop Reconciliation of a Penitent Rector Red-letter Days Refectory Regina Coeli Relics Reliquary Renewal of Baptismal Vows Repose, Altar of Reproaches, The Requiem Reredos Reservation of the Sacrament Response Responsive Recitation (Psalmody) Responsorial Recitation (Psalmody) Responsory Restoring of Things Profaned Retable Reverence Revised Standard Version Bible (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, an Ecumenical Edition, The ("RSV Common Bible") Revised Version of the Bible, The Rings Rite Rite 1, Rite 2 Rite 3 Ritual Rochet Rogation Days Rood Screen Rosary Rose Sunday Rose Window Round (Musical) Rubric		SEND TO A FRIEND