–noun
| 1. | a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers. |
| 2. | a garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally. |
from dictionary.com
A daily (or nearly so) addition to my lexicon.
| 1. | a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers. |
| 2. | a garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally. |
| 1. | a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc. |
| 2. | sexton (def. 2). |
s]| 1. | presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather. |
| 2. | indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens. |
| 3. | favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods. |
nd]| 1. | an article of food. |
| 2. | viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind. |
s]| 1. | a change or variation occurring in the course of something. |
| 2. | interchange or alternation, as of states or things. |
| 3. | vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years. |
| 4. | regular change or succession of one state or thing to another. |
| 5. | change; mutation; mutability. |