Glosario

Frame or vessel, typically made of gold or silver, used to display the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for veneration in a rite called the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

One of the principal Daily Offices; available in traditional and contemporary language in the BCP. Also, the principal act of Sunday worship in the absence of a priest.

An honorific used by some female priests.

A short cape that covers the shoulders, traditionally worn by bishops.

A 19th-century American priest, educator and liturgical reformer. Feast day: April 8.

One word, no hyphen. Also listed in race-related and ethnic references

One word, no hyphen. Also listed in race-related and ethnic references

One word, no hyphen.

One word, no hyphen. Also listed in race-related and ethnic references

A 20th-century attorney, civil rights activist, feminist, and scholar who became the first African-American female priest.