Across
- 2. a bell tower, either attached to a structure or freestanding.
- 5. a room in a Christian church in which vestments and sacred objects used in the services are stored.
- 7. the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity.
- 9. a sacred place, set apart from the profane, ordinary world.
- 10. hall or chapel situated close to, or connected with, a church, in which the sacrament of baptism is administered.
- 14. fixed seating in the choir of a church or chapel
- 15. the rail in front of the altar at which people kneel when receiving the sacrament
- 16. the room in which the clergy and sometimes the altar boys and the choir members put on their robes. In the early Christian church, two rooms beside the apse, the diaconicon and the prothesis, were used for these purposes.
- 18. the receptacle in which holy water is held
- 19. element of a Christian church of the Middle Ages or early Renaissance that separated the choir or chancel from the nave.
- 21. a fixed, locked box in which, in some Christian churches, the Eucharist is reserved.
- 22. in architecture, a series of arches carried by columns or piers, a passageway between arches and a solid wall.
- 24. portion of a church that contains the choir, often at the eastern end. Before modern changes in church practice, only clergy and choir members were permitted here.
- 25. a gallery reserved for church singers and musicians.
- 27. where the transept meets the nave
- 30. small, intimate place of worship.
- 32. steeply pointed pyramidal or conical termination to a tower.
- 33. originally a raised and enclosed place in a church designed for an ecclesiastical dignitary or officer.
- 34. Portion of a church or basilica that parallels or encircles the major sections of the structure, such as the nave, choir, or apse.
- 35. a book of hymns
Down
- 1. in architecture, a vertical element, usually a rounded shaft with a capital and a base, which in most cases serves as a support.
- 3. an ornamental screen or partition that is not directly attached to the altar table.
- 4. central and principal part of a Christian church, extending from the entrance to the transepts.
- 6. space in a church above the nave arcade, below the clerestory, and extending over the vaults, or ceilings, of the side aisles.
- 8. a series of 14 pictures or carvings portraying events in the Passion of Christ, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment.
- 11. residence of a Priest, Pastor, or Rector
- 12. in architecture, any fenestrated (windowed) wall of a room that is carried higher than the surrounding roofs to light the interior space.
- 13. the area of a cruciform church lying at right angles to the principal axis.
- 17. In architecture, hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof.
- 20. a pedestal-based reading desk with a slanted top used for supporting liturgical books—such as Bibles, missals, and breviaries at religious services; later, a stand that supports a speaker’s books and notes.
- 23. in architecture, a semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir, chancel, or aisle of a secular or ecclesiastical building.
- 26. long, narrow, enclosed porch, usually colonnaded or arcaded, crossing the entire width of a church at its entrance.
- 28. in architecture, any covered passage that is open at one side
- 29. type of book containing the prayers, important chants, and necessary instructions for the celebration of the mass
- 31. in Western church architecture, an elevated and enclosed platform from which the sermon is delivered during a service.
- 36. A raised structure or place that is used for sacrifice, worship, or prayer.