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Add your E-mail to our Mailing List to receive a notice when we update our web site. |  |  |  | | selected terms: 7 | | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Bedouin | An Arab of the desert; a nomad, a wanderer. | | 2. | Belfry (church-tower) | It is the tower that holds a church's bell. On top of it is a cross, symbolizing the church. It signifies that the church is the world's light. | | 3. | Believers Liturgy | Following the first part of the liturgy, i.e that of the catechumens, church's gates were closed (in the early ages). Only believers were allowed to stay behind to participate together in hymning… 0.3 KB | | 4. | Bell | Church Bell rings with a joyous tone at the start of Eucharist (Mass), during Holy Communion, on feasts and on receiving a bishop. It rings with a sad tone in the Holy Week, and in funeral ser… 0.2 KB | | 5. | Benediction | The blessing given to the congregation in God's name pronounced by a clergyman at the end of a service. | | 6. | Bethlehem | So do we call the room where the holy bread (Oblation) is baked, out of these loaves the lamb is picked out (chosen). This name reminds us of the village where our Lord Jesus Christ was born (… 0.2 KB | | 7. | Betrothal | A mutual contract for a future marriage, blessed by the Holy Trinity. | | | |