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epistle sides

epistle sides is the plural of epistle side.

Meaning of epistle side

Noun

epistle side (plural epistle sides)

  1. The right side of an altar or church from the perspective of a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
    • the Consecrating Bishop washes his hands, and goes up to the Altar; and the newly consecrated goes to the Epistle side of the same Altar, and having there a Missal placed for him, he accompanies the Consecrating Bishop through the remaining part of the Mass.1848, anonymous author, The Rite of the Consecration of a Bishop in the Catholic Church

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What is epistle sides the plural of?
Epistle sides is the plural of epistle side.

Words near epistle sides in the dictionary

  1. epistle lesson
  2. epistle lessons
  3. Epistle of James
  4. Epistle of Jeremiah
  5. epistle side
  6. epistle sides
  7. epistled
  8. epistler
  9. epistlers
  10. epistles
  11. epistling

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