Thoroughfare
a road that connects two places; the main road in an area
Bucolic
relating to the countryside in a pleasant manner
Casuist
someone who uses clever but flawed reasoning; a sophist
Patrician
(n.) an aristocrat or nobleman; (adj.) characteristic of the aristocracy
Coadjutor
a bishop who is appointed to assist another bishop, and often also named as his successor
Adulteration
the act of making something poorer in quality by the addition of something else
Curate
a type of member of the clergy
Elegy
a serious poem, typically written about the dead
Diaphanous
light and delicate
Supercilious
behaving as though one is superior
Scapulary
a short cloak worn by members of the clergy
Oremus
A Latin phrase meaning "let us pray," said in a Catholic mass
Sacristy
a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service
Temerity
excessive boldness
Lugubrious
looking or sounding sad
Reliquary
a container for holy objects
Edifying
providing moral or intellectual enrichment
Seraphic
characteristic of or resembling seraphim (angelic beings)
Sagacious
shrewd
Sepulcher
tomb
