BULWARK, (Fr.) boulevart, (Dan,) bollverk; boll, a globe or circular work. CAMP, (Lat.) campus, a plain. FORT, (Lat.) fortis, strong. PARAPET, (Gr. Lat.) raрá and pectus, i. e. 'as high as the breast.' QUARTERS, (Lat.) quartus, quatuor, the Roman camp was divided into four parts. TENT, (Lat.) tendere, to stretch. TRENCH, (Lat.) trans, across, and scindere, to cut. AMBUSCADE, (It.) imboscare, bosco, (Fr.) bois, (Eng.) bush. BIVOUAC, (Ger.) bei-wachen, to watch. ESCALADE, (Fr.) eschelle, a ladder. FLANK, either (Gr.) λayúv, or (A.-S.) lengian; thence be-lank, p-lank, flank, REAR, (Fr.) arrière, (Lat.) retro. VAN, (Fr.) avant, (Lat.) ante, before. MARCH, (Fr.) marcher, i. e. monter-à-cheval, from (Bret.) marc'h, a horse. Wedgewood. RETREAT, (Lat.) re-trahere, to draw back. SIEGE, (Lat.) sedere, to sit. CHALLENGE, (Lat.) calumniari, to calumniate. CALIBRE, either from Calabria, or (Fr.) qualibre qua libra (Lat.) æquilibrium. COMMISSARIAT, (Lat.) committere, to entrust. DONJON, (Lat.) dominium, dominus, (A.-S.) deman, to subdue. FODDER, (Low Lat.) foderum, (A.-S.) fodre, fother pabulum, from fedan, to feed. LEDGER, (A.-S.) lecgan, to lie. A book that lies open for immediate entries. STORES, (A.-S.) styrian, to move. RUM (Erse), a cant word for a poor country parson; it means kill-devil. GIN, (Fr.) genièvre, or juniper, or Geneva. BRANDY, (A.-S.) brand or burned (wine). WHISKEY, (Ir. Gael.), corrupted from usquebaugh, or water of life. BISCUIT, (Lat.) bis coctus, twice cooked. CHAPTER XVII. ECCLESIASTICAL TERMS. § 1. ABBEY, (Hebrew) a community governed by an abbot. Abba means father. CATHEDRAL, (Gr.) κalédpa=from the bishop's chair or throne. CHAPTER, (Lat.) caput, the head: an assembly of 'heads,' or chapter of the church. CHURCH, (Gr.) Kvpíov oikos=the House of the Lord, td kuplakóv. CLOISTER, (Lat.) claustrum, a barrier, from claudere, to shut. § 2. ARCHBISHOP, (Gr.) ȧρxì–¿πioкoñоç=chief overseer. BISHOP, vide chap. XV. DEAN, vide chap. XV. CANON, vide chap. XV. PRIEST, vide chap. XV. PARSON, vide chap. XV. CLERK, vide chap. XV. ACOLYTE, an attendant, (Gr.) åkoλovėéw, to follow. SEXTON, vide chap. XV. VERGER, one that beareth a staff or rod; (Lat.) virga. MONK, (Gr.) μóvoç, alone, solitary. NUN, (A.-S.) nonné, (It.) nonna, a grandmother. The first nuns would naturally be elderly women; possibly a Coptic word meaning 'chaste.' FRIAR, (Lat.) frater, brother. DEACON, vide chap. XV. HERMIT, (Gr.) Epnuos, the desert. CHURCHWARDEN, the guardian of the church. SIDESMAN, said to be a corruption of 'synod's man,' from the ancient custom of electing three laymen to represent the parish in 'synod.' § 3. AISLE, (Lat.) ala, the wing or side of a church. CHANCEL, a cancellis, because cancelli, or bars, separated it from the area of the church. CHOIR, (Gr.) Xopós, (Lat.) chorus, a multitude of singers, or dancers. NAVE, (A.-S.) nafa, the concave centre or body of a church; hence also navel; possibly from navis, a ship, the symbol of the church. PEW, (Dutch) puye, possibly (Lat.) podium, an elevated place or balcony. PULPIT, (Fr.) poulpitre, (Lat.) pulpitum, a raised place. STEEPLE, (A.-S.) steopl, a tower, or steeple, perhaps from A.-S. steáp, precipitous. VESTRY, the place where sacred robes were kept; (Lat.) vestis, a garment. FONT, (Lat.) fons, fountain. ALB, (Lat.) albus, white. CHALICE, (Lat.) calix. § 4. CHASUBLE, (Low Lat.) casula, dim. of casa, a house. COPE, (Low Lat.) capa, or cappa, a cloak. CowL, (Lat.) cucullus. Gown, (Welsh) gwn. SURPLICE, (Lat.) super pelliceum; super, over, pellis, skin. PATEN, (Lat.) patina, a plate, or dish. ROCHET, (Lat.) rochettum, (A.-S.) roc, a shirt or short-sleeved alb. TUNICLE, (Lat.) tunicella, a little tunic. CHRISTMAS mass of Christ. § 5. MICHAELMAS-mass of St. Michael. EPIPHANY, (Gr.) έπipάveia=manifestation; the manifestation of SEPTUAGESIMA, (Gr.) 70th; really sixty-four days before Easter. LENT, (A.-S.) lencten spring. MAUNDAY THURSDAY, the day before Good Friday, from dies mandati the day of the commandment,' either because Christ commanded 'the washing of feet,' or because he commanded the observance of the Eucharist. EASTER, (A.-S.) Eastre. Eostur-monath,' says Bede, which is now called the Paschal month, had its name from a goddess called Eostre, and to whom they at that time used to celebrate festivals.' This goddess is supposed to be the same as Ashtaroth, or Venus. Others take it immediately from East, q. v.; others from (A.-S.) arisan, to arise. ROGATION DAYS. Days for special 'litanies,' or supplications; (Lat.) rogo, to ask. LITANY, (Gr.) λιτανεία from λίττεσθαι, to pray. LITURGY, (Gr.) λɛɩтovpyía=a public work; λeitov, public, ěpyov, work. EMBER WEEKS, (A.-S.) ymbyrne a revolution, or circuit, e. g. yeares ymbyrne a year's course. In the Anglo-Saxon we find for these fasts of the four seasons, ymbyrne dægas, ymbren festen, ymbren wucan. PENTECOST (Gr.). Fifty days after Easter bring us to this festival, called in the Christian church WHITSUNDAY.* This was a stated time for baptism in the ancient church, and the baptized put on white garments. § 6. APOSTLE, a messenger; (Gr.) dπоσтÉλλw, to send. HERETIC, one who chooses his own doctrines; (Gr.) aipɛïolai, to choose. FAST, (Goth.) fastan; (A.-S.) fæstan, to observe, or keep. FEAST, (Lat.) festus, festal, or joyous. *Another suggestion is that the day was so called because our ancestors used to give the poor on that day all the milk of their ewes and kine, which milk was called in some places the whites of kine, in others white meat. MASS, either from the concluding words of the service, ite, missa est, or from the Hebrew misach, almsgiving. PARISH, (Gr.) Tapá oikos, i. e. a contiguous dwelling. PAGAN, (Lat.) paganus a villager. When the Roman empire was converted to Christianity, religion did first take place in the cities; this word, signifying a country people, came to be used in common speech for the same that infidels and unbelievers were.'-Hooker. HEATHEN dwellers on the heath, same as pagan. = PALL, (Lat.) pallium, a cloak, whence palliate. PREACH, (Lat.) prædicare. SAINT, (Lat.) sanctus, holy. SHRINE, (Lat.) scrinium, a basket, or chest, in which books, writings, or other secret things were deposited. SACRAMENT, (Lat.) sacramentum, an oath. SYNOD, (Lat.) synodus; (Gr.) oúvodos, a convention. N. or M., in the baptismal service, in answer to the question, 'What is your name?' are said to be the initials of the patron saints Nicholas and Mary. DIOCESE, (Gr.) dioikeiv, to dwell apart. CHAPTER XVIII. POLITICAL TERMS. CAVALIER, ROUNDHEAD. The apprentices of London published a petition against Popery and Preiacy in 1641. Seditious cries having been raised, and the bishops assaulted on their way to Parliament, skirmishes between the malcontent apprentices and many gentlemen, who volunteered to be the king's bodyguard, were of daily occurrence. 'And from these contests,' says Clarendon, 'the two terms of Roundhead and Cavalier grew to be received in discourse, and were afterwards continued for the most succinct distinction of affections throughout the quarrel; the servants of the king being called Cavaliers, and the other of the rabble contemned and despised under the name of Roundheads.' |