The 1582 Rheims glossary of ecclesiastical terms and obscure words.
- Abstracted
- Dravven avvay. [James 1:14]
- Acquisition
- Getting, purchasing. [Eph 1:14]
- Aduent
- The comming. [Matt 24:27]
- Adulterating
- Corrupting. [2 Cor 2:17] The Greeke vvord signifieth to make commoditie of the vvord of God, as vulgar Vinteners do of their vvine. Vvhereby is expressed the peculiar trade of al Heretikes, and exceding proper to the Protestants, that so corrupt Scriptures by mixture of their ovvne phantasies, by false translations, glosses, colorable and pleasant commentaries, to deceiue the tast of the simple, as tauerners and tapsters do, to make their vvines salable by manifold artificial deceites. The Apostles contrarievvise, as all Catholikes, deliuer the Scriptures and vtter the vvord of God sincerely and entirely, in the same sense and sort as the fathers left them to the Church, interpreting them by the same Spirit by vvhich they vvere vvritten or spoken.
- Agnition
- Knovvledge or acknovvledging. [Philemon 1:6]
- Allegorie
- A Mystical speache, more then the bare letter. [Gal 4:24] Here vve learne that the holy Scriptures haue beside the litteral sense, a deeper spiritual and more principal meaning: which is not only to be taken of the holy vvordes, but of the very factes and persons reported: both the speaches and the actions being significatiue ouer and aboue the letter.
- Amen
- What is it vvhen our Lord saith, Amen, amen? He doth much commend and vrge the thing he so vttereth, doubling it. Amen in Hebrue signifieth verum, a truth. [John 8:34]
- Anathema
- By vse of Scripture is either that vvhich by separation from profane vse, and by dedication to God, is holy, dreadful, and not vulgarly to be touched: or contrarievvise, that which is reiected, seuered or abandoned from God, as cursed and detested, and therfore is to be auoided. [Rom 9:3]
- Archisynagogue
- Cheefe gouerner of a Synagogue. [Mark 5:22]
- Assist
- Signifieth the Angels standing and attending, alvvaies readie to doe their ministerie. [Luke 1:19]
- Assumption
- Christs departure out of this vvorld by his death and Ascension. [Luke 9:51]
- Azymes
- Vnleauened bread. [Matt 26:17]
- Calumniate
- By this vvord is signified violent oppression by vvord or deede. [Luke 3:14]
- Catechizeth, and, Catechized
- He catechizeth that teacheth the principles of the Christian faith: and they that heare and learne, are catechized, and are therfore called often in the Annotations, Catechumens. [Gal 6:6]
- Character
- A marke or stampe. [Apoc 13:16]
- Commessations
- Immoderate bankets, and belly cheere, vvith vvanton riotousnes. [Gal 5:21]
- Condigne
- Comparable. [Rom 8:18]
- Contristate
- This vvord signifieth to make heauie and sad. [Eph 4:30]
- Cooperate
- Signifieth vvorking vvith others, likevvise Cooperation, Cooperatours. [Rom 8:28]
- Corbana
- This Corbana was a place about the Temple, which receiued the peoples gifts or offerings. [Matt 27:6]
- Depositum
- The vvhole doctrine of our Christianity being taught by the Apostles, and deliuered to their successors, and comming dovvne from one Bishop to an other, is called the Depositum, as it vvere a thing laid into their hands, and committed vnto them to keepe. Vvhich because it passeth from hand to hand, from age to age, from Bishop to Bishop vvithout corruption, change, or alteration, is al one vvith Tradition, and is the truth giuen vnto the holy Bishops to keepe, and not to lay men. [1 Tim 6:20] It may signifie also, Gods graces giuen vs to keepe. A great comfort to al Christians, that euery of their goode deedes and sufferings for Christ, and al the vvorldly losses susteined for defense or confession of their faith, be extant vvith God, and kept as depositum, to be repaied or receiued againe in heauen. [2 Tim 1:12,14]
- Didrachme
- These didrachmes were peeces of money which they payed for tribute. [Matt 17:23,24]
- Dominical day
- Sunday. [Apoc 1:10] It is to be marked, that this holy day by the Apostles tradition also, vvas named Dominicus dies, our Lordes day, or the Dominike, vvhich is also an old Ecclesiastical vvord in our language, for the name Sunday is a heathenish calling, as al other of the vveeke daies be in our language.
- Donaries
- Giftes offered to God for his Temple, &c. [Luke 21:5]
- Euacuated from Christ
- That is, Made voide and hauing no part vvith him. [Gal 5:4] The scandal of the crosse euacuated, that is, made voide, cleane taken avvay. [Gal 5:11]
- Euangelize
- Signifieth such preaching of good tidinges, as concerneth the Gospel. How is it possible to expresse Euangelizo, but as vve do, Euangelize? for Euangelium being the Gospel, what is, Euangelizo or to Euangelize, but to shew the glad tydings of the Gospel, of the time of grace, of al Christs benefites? Al which signification is lost, by translating as the English bibles do, “I bring you good tydings.”
- Eunuches
- Gelded men.
- Euro-aquilo
- A north-east vvinde. [Acts 27:14]
- Exinanited
- Abased excedingly. [Phil 2:7]
- Gratis
- An vsual vvord to signifie, for nothing, freely, for Godamercie, vvithout desert.
- Holocauste
- A kinde of sacrifice vvhere al vvas burnt in the honour of God. [Hebr 10:6]
- Hostes
- Sacrifices. [1 Cor 10:18]
- Inuocated
- Called vpon, praied vnto. [Acts 9:21] Hereof vve say, Inuocation of Saincts, and to inuocate.
- Issue
- Good euent. [1 Cor 10:13]
- Iustice
- Taken in the nevv Testament, not as it is contrarie to vvrong or iniurie, but for that qualitie vvhereof a man is iust and iustified. [Rom 4:9]
- Neophyte
- Neophytus is he that vvas lately christened or nevvely planted in the mystical body of Christ. [1 Tim 3:6]
- Paraclete
- By interpretation is either a comforter, or an aduocate: and therfore to translate it by any one of them only, is perhaps to abridge the sense of this place. [John 14:16]
- Parasceue
- The Ievves Sabboth-eue, Good friday. [Mark 15:42] Parasceue is as solemne a word for the Sabboth eue, as Sabboth is for the Iewes seuenth day, and now among Christians much more solemner, taken for Good-friday onely. These wordes then we thought it far better to keepe in the text, and to tel their signification in the margent or in a table for that purpose, then to disgrace bothe the text and them with translating them.
- Pasche
- Easter, and the Paschal lambe. [Luke 22:1]
- Pentecost
- Vvhitsuntide, &, the space of fiftie daies.
- Prefinition
- A determination before. [Eph 3:11]
- Prepuce
- The foreskinne not circumcised, & therfore signifieth the Gentiles: as circumcision, the Ievves and their state. [Rom 2:25]
- Prescience
- Foreknovvledge. [Acts 2:23]
- Preuaricatour
- Transgressor: and preuarication, transgression. [Rom 2:25]
- Loaues of Proposition
- So called, because they vvere proposed and set vpon the table in the Temple, before God. [Matt 12:4]
- Repropitiate the sinnes
- That is, make a reconciliation for them. [Heb 2:17]
- Resolution
- The separation of the body and the soule, the departing out of this life. [2 Tim 4:6]
- Resuscitate the grace
- That is, Raise, quicken, renew and reviue the grace vvhich othervvise languisheth and decaieth. [2 Tim 1:6]
- Sabbatisme
- A time of resting and ceasing from labours. [Heb 4:9]
- Sacrament
- For mysterie. [Eph 1:9]
- Sancta Sanctorum
- The holie of holies, that is, the inmost and holiest place of the Ievves Temple, as it vvere the Chauncel. [Heb 9:3]
- Superedified
- Builded vpon Christ the principal stone. [1 Pet 2:5]
- Tetrarch
- Gouernour or Prince of the 4 part of a countrie. [Matt 14:1]
- Thrones
- An higher order of Angels. [Col 1:16]
- Victims
- Sacrifice. [Acts 7:42]