Glossary of Terms
Ornaments, Church
Items of symbolic or decorative value in church, such as an altar cross, a processional cross, and altar candles. There was considerable controversy in the Episcopal Church during the latter […]
Orphrey
An ornamental band of contrasting material on a vestment or altar hanging.
Osculatorium
See Peace, The.
Ostensorium
See Monstrance.
Otey, James Hervey
(Jan. 27, 1800-Apr. 23, 1863). Bishop and educator. He was born in Liberty in Bedford County, Virginia. Otey graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1820 and then served […]
Outline of the Faith, An
See Catechism.
Oxford Movement, The
A nineteenth-century movement which reasserted the apostolic and catholic heritage of Anglicanism. The Oxford Movement is also known as the Catholic Revival. It emphasized the church’s identity as the divine […]
Oxon
Pertaining or belonging to Oxford, England. (From Oxoniensis, a latinized form of the Middle English Oxenford). Usages include reference to degrees and diplomas conferred by the University of Oxford and […]
Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.