Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aggada | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > AGGADOT or AGGADAS. |
| aggadah | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > AGGADOTH or AGGADAHS. |
| aggadic | relating to the AGGADAH. |
| agraphon | a saying of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels > AGRAPHA. |
| antilegomena | books of the New Testament not part of early Christian Bible. |
| beadroll | a list of the dead to be prayed for. |
| bible | an authoritative publication. |
| biblical | relating to the bible > BIBLICALLY. |
| biblicism | learning or literature relating to the Bible. |
| breviary | a book containing daily church services. |
| bull | a proclamation by the Pope. |
| bulla | a round seal attached to a papal bull > BULLAE. |
| bullary | a collection of papal bulls. |
| catena | a chain or connected series of things, esp. of the patristic comments on Scripture > CATENAS or CATENAE. |
| chumash | a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses > CHUMASHES or CHUMASHIM. |
| decalog decalogue | the Ten Commandments. |
| diurnal | recurring every day; having a daily cycle > DIURNALLY; (noun) a service book containing the day hours > DIURNALS. |
| evangel | good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. |
| evangeliar evangeliarion evangeliarium evangeliary evangelarium | a book of passages from the Gospels to be used at Mass or other services. |
| evangely | the Gospel. |
| farse | an explanation of the Latin epistle in the vernacular; (verb) to extend by interpolation. |
| festilogy festology | a treatise on ecclesiastical festivals. |
| filioque | a clause in the Nicene Creed. |
| gohonzon | a Buddhist paper scroll to which devotional chanting is directed. |
| gospel | a narrative of the life of Christ, esp one of those included in the New Testament; (verb)to instruct in the gospel > GOSPELS, GOSPELLING, GOSPELLED. |
| hadith | a record of Muslim sayings, second in authority to the Koran. |
| haftara | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTARAS, HAFTAROT, HAFTAROTH. |
| haftarah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTARAHS, HAFTAROT, HAFTAROTH. |
| haftorah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAFTORAHS, HAFTOROT, HAFTOROTH, HAFTOROS or HAFTAROS |
| hagadic haggadic haggadical haggadistic | relating to the HAGGADAH. |
| haggada | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > HAGGADAS, HAGGADOT or HAGGADOTH. |
| haggadah | the homiletic part of the Jewish scripture > HAGGADAHS, HAGGADOT or HAGGADOTH. |
| halacha | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALACHOT, HALACHAS or HALACHOTH. |
| halachic | relating to HALACHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. Also HALAKHIC. |
| halakah | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKAHS. |
| halakha | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKHAS. |
| halakhah | the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition > HALAKHAHS or HALAKHOTH. |
| halakhic | relating to HALACHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. |
| halakic | pertaining to the HALAKHA, the legal component of the Jewish oral tradition. |
| haphtara | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAPHTARAS, HAPHTAROT, HAPHTAROTH. |
| haphtarah | in Judaism, a Biblical selection > HAPHTARAHS. |
| hexapla | a book of six (especially Biblical) parallel texts > HEXAPLAS. [Gk. hexapla, sixfold]. Cf. OCTAPLA. |
| hexaplar hexaplaric | relating to a HEXAPLA, an edition of the bible in six languages. |
| hymnal hymnary hymnbook | a book of hymns. |
| jataka | the birth-story of Buddha. |
| lectionary | a book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service. |
| logion | one of the sayings of Jesus not recorded in the Gospels > LOGIA or LOGIONS. |
| machzor | a Hebrew holiday-ritual prayer book > MACHZORIM or MACHZORS. |
| maftir | the concluding section of a PARASHAH, a passage in Jewish literature. |
| mahzor | a Hebrew holiday-ritual prayer book > MAHZORIM or MAHZORS. |
| megilla | in Judaism, a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament > MEGILLAS. |
| megillah | in Judaism, a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament; (fig.) a long tedious account > MEGILLAHS, MEGILLOTH. [Hebrew megillah, scroll or volume]. |
| midrash | the segment of the rabbinic oral tradition that interprets or expounds the Bible > MIDRASHIM, MIDRASHOTH or MIDRASHOT. |
| midrashic | relating to the MIDRASH, the segment of the rabbinic oral tradition that interprets or expounds the Bible. |
| missal | a book containing a complete service for mass. |
| musar | rabbinic literature concerned with ethics, right conduct etc. |
| ordinal | indicating order of sequence > ORDINALLY; (noun) a book containing religious rites, especially for ordination. |
| ordo | an annual religious calendar with instructions for Mass and office for each day > ORDINES or ORDOS. |
| pacificae | letters recommending the bearer as being at peace with the Church, aka letters pacifical. |
| panegyricon | a collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals > PANEGYRICA. |
| parashah | a passage in Jewish literature > PARASHOTH, PARASHIOTH, PARASHAHS or PARASHOT. |
| passionary | a book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs. |
| pentateuchal | relating to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. |
| portas porteous portess portesse porthors porthos porthouse portous | a portable BREVIARY. |
| preexilic | before the exile, used of Old Testament writings prior to the Jewish exile. |
| psalmbook | a book of psalms. |
| purana | any one of a class of sacred books of Hindu mythology, cosmology, etc, written in Sanskrit. |
| puranic | pertaining to the PURANAS, the Hindu sacred books. |
| rubric | a passage in book printed in red or other distinctive type, especially such direction in service book. |
| rubricate | to write, print, or mark in red; formerly, to enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. |
| sastra | any of the sacred writings of Hinduism. |
| scriptural | relating to scripture > SCRIPTURALLY. |
| scripturalistscripturist | a person who adheres to the letter of Scripture; a person who studies Scripture. |
| scripture | a biblical writing. |
| scripturism | adherence to the scriptures. |
| sefer | any book of Hebrew religious literature > SIFREI. |
| sharia shariah shariat sheria sheriat | the body of Islamic law. |
| shaster shastra | any of the sacred writings of Hinduism. |
| sheria | see SHARIA. |
| sheriat | see SHARIA. |
| siddur | a Jewish prayer book containing prayers and other information relevant to the daily liturgy > SIDDURIM or SIDDURS. |
| smriti | a class of Hindu sacred literature > SMRITIS. [Skr.'what is remembered']. |
| sunna sunnah | a collection of traditions received by orthodox Muslims as of equal authority with the Koran. |
| sura surah | a chapter of the Koran. |
| synaxarion | a lection containing an account of a saint's life > SYNAXARIA. |
| talmud | the body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. |
| talmudic | relating to the TALMUD. |
| tantra | Hindu or Buddhist religious writings concerned with mysticism and magic. |
| tora torah | the Mosaic book of the law, the Pentateuch; a scroll containing this. The pl. of TORAH is TORAHS, TOROT or TOROTH. |
| tripitaka | the whole body of the northern Buddhist canonical writings. [Pali, 'three baskets']. |
| unbiblical | contrary to or unsanctioned by the Bible. |