The Diary of a Country Priest (edit title/settings)

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Monday, October 17, 2011.

• Edited the description of Jeremiad: A long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in poetry, in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society's imminent downfall.
• Edited a term: AspepticAseptic: Free from contamination caused by harmful microorganisms.
• Edited the description of Parochial: Of or relating to a church parish.
• Edited the description of Mountebanks: A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a person who sold patent medicines in public places.
• Edited the description of Rasher: A thin slice of bacon.
• Edited the description of Lycées: The second, and last, stage of secondary education in the French educational system.
• Edited the description of Breviary: A book containing the service for each day, to be recited by those in orders in the Roman Catholic Church.

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Monday, October 17, 2011.

• Edited the description of Trousseau: A lithographic print textured to resemble an oil painting.
• Edited the description of Curacy: The office, position, or work of a curate (a parish priest or his assistant).
• Edited the description of Charwoman: A woman employed to clean houses or offices.
• Edited the description of Sabots: A device that ensures the correct positioning of a bullet or shell in the barrel of a gun, attached either to the projectile or inside the barrel and falling away as it leaves the muzzle
• Edited the description of Sinite parvulos: Latin: "Suffer the little children". A shorter version of a Bible verse, "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God."
• Edited the description of Mantilla: A lace or silk veil or shawl worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high comb, particularly assocated with devotional pracices among women in Catholicism.
• Edited the description of Inveni portum: Latin: "I have found the haven".
• Edited the description of Aurea mediocritas: Latin: "golden mean"; the desirable middle between two extremes.
• Edited the description of Moujik: A Russian peasant, usually from pre-1917 Imperial Russia. The term connotes a certain degree of poverty, as most muzhiks were serfs before 1861.
• Edited the description of Nard: A flowering plant of the Valerian family, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia and other minor ailments.
• Edited the description of Sacerdotal: Relating to priests or the priesthood.

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Monday, October 17, 2011.

• Edited the description of Oleograph: A lithographic print textured to resemble an oil painting.

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Monday, October 17, 2011.

• Edited the description of Sacristy: A room in a church where a priest prepares for a service, and where vestments and other things used in worship are kept.
• Edited the description of Nouse: Know-how; practical skills.
• Edited the description of Prie-dieu: A piece of furniture for use during prayer, consisting of a kneeling surface and a narrow upright front with a rest for the elbows.

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Monday, October 17, 2011.

• Edited the description of Cassock: A long, close-fitting garment worn by members of the clergy or others participating in church services.
• Edited the description of Screed: A long speech or piece of writing, typically one regarded as tedious.
• Edited the description of Stoup: A stoup is a basin for holy water, often found built into the wall at the entrance to churches.
• Edited the description of Soutane: A type of cassock worn by Roman Catholic priests.
• Edited the description of Sacristan: A sacristan is an officer who is charged with the care of the sacristy, a room for sacred objects.

Michael edited the glossary entries of The Diary of a Country Priest Saturday, October 8, 2011.

• Added a term: Sacristy
• Added a term: Nouse
• Added a term: Trousseau
• Added a term: Prie-dieu
• Added a term: Oleograph
• Added a term: Curacy
• Added a term: Charwoman
• Added a term: Sabots
• Added a term: Sinite parvulos
• Added a term: Cassock
• Added a term: Mantilla
• Added a term: Inveni portum
• Added a term: Aurea mediocritas
• Added a term: Screed
• Added a term: Moujik
• Added a term: Nard
• Added a term: Sacerdotal
• Added a term: Jeremiad
• Added a term: Aspeptic
• Added a term: Stoup
• Added a term: Parochial
• Added a term: Soutane
• Added a term: Mountebanks
• Added a term: Decade: A sequence of the Lord's Prayer followed by ten prayings of the Hail Mary and a single praying of "Glory Be to the Father", sometimes accompanied by the Fatima Prayer.
• marked the description of Decade as not a spoiler
• Added a term: Sacristan
• Added a term: Rasher
• Added a term: Lycées
• Added a term: Breviary