novena
Catholic prayer period
A novena is a Catholic devotional practice consisting of prayers or services repeated over nine consecutive days, often petitioning for a specific intention or honoring a saint.
The nine days echo the time between Christ's Ascension and Pentecost, when the apostles prayed together.
She made a novena for her mother's recovery.
Address to deity
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- supplicationHumble plea for help
meditation · contemplation · veneration · adoration · worship · piety · faith · fervor
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- deceasedNo longer living
soul · repose · requiem · condolence · grief · intercession · purgatory · eternal rest
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- altarSacred ritual table
chapel · clergy · vestments · tabernacle · censer · procession · patron saint · feast day
Formal event marking occasions
- observanceKeeping of customs
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- candlesWax lights with wicks
vigil · recitation · intention · dedication · consecration · vow · pilgrimage · shrine
prayer
Address to deity
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
supplication · meditation · contemplation · veneration · adoration · worship · piety · faith · fervor · devoutness
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
deceased · soul · repose · requiem · condolence · grief · intercession · purgatory · eternal rest · anniversary
mass
Quantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- saintsCanonized religious figures
altar · chapel · clergy · vestments · tabernacle · censer · procession · patron saint · feast day · indulgence
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- observanceKeeping of customs
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
candles · vigil · recitation · intention · dedication · consecration · vow · pilgrimage · shrine · station
- Christian booksBible, devotional, prayer book, study Bible, hymnal
- prayer booksprayer book, breviary, Book of Common Prayer, prayerbook, breviaries
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- Iglesiaiglesia, altar, padre, papa, campana
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- November 11Armistice anniversary date
- November RainPrecipitation in late autumn
- November 1989Month the Wall opened
- November 2003Calendar month, early millennium
- novena candleReligious candle for sustained prayer