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**** derived from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
**** derived from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
** unrelated to "catechism"
** unrelated to "catechism"
* '''communion'''
** generally, coming together in worship
** specifically, "'''Holy Communion'''" for "partaking in the sacrament of the Eucharist"
*** from ''com'' for "with, together" + ''unus'' for "oneness, union"
*'''confess'''
*'''confess'''
**''con'' = wtih + ''fess'' from Latin fateri = "to admit"
***from PIE '''*bha-''' "to speak, tell, say"
***Latin ''confiteri'' = "to acknowledge"
*'''consecrate'''
**"consecrated elements, such as the bread and wine in the Eucharist
**''con'' = with
*'''creed'''  
*'''creed'''  
**from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe"  
**from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe"  
*'''Eucharist'''
**sacrament of the Last Supper
***from Latin ''eucharistia'' and Greek ''eukharistia'' for "thanksgiving, gratitude"
***eu = Greek for "good or well " + ''kharis'' "favor, grace"
****thus includes a sense of "thankfulness", "to be thankful"
***'''E''ukharistia''''' = "the Lord's Supper"
*'''firmament'''
*'''firmament'''
**in NAB "dome"
**in NAB "dome"
**= heaven
**= heaven
*'''Genesis'''
*'''Genesis'''
**from PIE '''*gne'''  
**origin, birth, creation of the world
***from PIE '''*gene''' for "to give birth, to beget"
* '''invention'''
* '''invention'''
** "finding or discovery"  
** "finding or discovery"  
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** God creates the world; mankind "invents" or "discovers" it
** God creates the world; mankind "invents" or "discovers" it
** used for the original "Invention of the Cross", which was the discovery of the three crosses from the biblical crucifixion (see [[wikipedia:Helena_of_Constantinople|Saint Helena]], mother of Satin Constantine ("Constantine the Great")
** used for the original "Invention of the Cross", which was the discovery of the three crosses from the biblical crucifixion (see [[wikipedia:Helena_of_Constantinople|Saint Helena]], mother of Satin Constantine ("Constantine the Great")
* '''lay''' (adj)  / '''laity''' (n)
** not clerical, or "of the people", as in "''the'' ''lay people"'' or ''"the laity''
*** from Latin ''laicus'' and Greek ''laikos'' "of the people,"; both from ''laos'' for folk, the people, the crowd; a tribe
** also indicates common people as distinguished from "experts"
* '''liturgy'''
** "the service (mass) of the Holy Eucharist"
** or the conduct (form, presentation) of divine services
** from Latin ''liturgia'' for "public service, public worship" and Greek ''leitourgia'' for "a liturgy; public duty, ministry,"
*** related to ''leitourgos'' for "one who performs a public ceremony or service
**** as opposed to ''leito-'' "public" (from ''laos'' "the people")
** '''liturgical''' = "of or related to divine mass"
** '''liturgical calendar''' = the calendar that guides Catholic masses over a year
* '''Mass'''
** "eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist
** Old English mæsse and Middle English ''messe'' or ''masse\''
*** the meaning is likely derived from the "dismissal" at the end of the service
*** as it is related to Latin ''mittere'' for "to let go, send" as in on a mission
* '''profess'''
* '''profess'''
* ransom
* ransom