Nonsense Club
18th-century London literary club.
Benefice
Collection of parishes working together under a single incumbent.
Chapelry
Redirected to chapel of ease.
Sacrarium
Redirected to piscina.
Piscina
Small basin in a Christian church used to clean the priest’s hands and the sacred vessels used at Mass.
Sedilia
Seats for the officiating clergy found on the south side of an altar.
Window tax
Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.
Tree of Jesse
Artistic depiction of Jesus’s family tree, establishing him as a descendent of King David, and therefore the rightful Messiah.
Early Closing Association
19th-century movement in support of the closure of shops on Saturday afternoons.
Chapel of ease
Church subordinate to a parish church serving an area known as a chapelry, for the convenience of those parishioners who would find it difficult to attend services at the parish church.