Part 3 Vocab - Flanagan

Oblate

A person dedicated to a religious life, typically having not taken full monastic vows.

Atone

To make amends or reparation.

Prioress

The head of a convent of nuns, responsible for the spiritual and administrative leadership of the community.

Suffice

To be enough or adequate; to meet the needs of.

Hierarchy

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Grandeur

Splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style; high rank or social importance.

Thrall

A state of being in someone’s power or having great power over someone.

Postulant

A candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order.

Assuage

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to satisfy an appetite or desire.

Discern

To perceive or recognize something; to distinguish with difficulty by sight or other senses.

Malady

A disease or ailment.

Novice

A person who is new to or inexperienced in a field or situation.

Transgression

An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense.

Penitence

The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong.

Humility

The quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance.

Miter

A tall headdress worn by bishops and senior abbots as a symbol of office.

Crozier

A hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office.

Dispel

Make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear.

Presaging

To be a sign or warning that something will happen.

Sepulcher

A small room or monument in which a dead person is laid or buried.

Stigmata

Marks corresponding to those left on Jesus’ body by the Crucifixion, impressed by divine favor.

Haughty

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Officious

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially in petty matters.

Sprightly

Lively; full of energy, especially of an old person.

Prattles

To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential manner.

Proverbial

(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb (a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice), or an idiom (a type of phrase or expression with a meaning that can’t be deciphered literally.)