Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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- L.C., LOC. CIT.
- L.C.D.
- L.H.D.
- L.S.
- LA CONQUISTADORA
- LA LECHE, OUR LADY OF
- LA NEGRITA
- LA PURISIMA CONCEPCIÓN
- LA SALETTE
- LABAN
- LABARUM
- LACKAWANNA
- LACTICINIA
- LADY DAY
- LADY'S CHAPEL
- LAETARE SUNDAY
- LAIC
- LAICISM
- LAICIZATION
- LAITY
- LAMB
- LAMECH
- LAMED VAV
- LAMENTABILI SANE EXITU
- LAMENTATIONS
- LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
- LAMP
- LANCE, THE HOLY
- LANGUAGES, ECCLESIASTICAL
- LAPSI
- LAS LAJAS, OUR LADY OF
- LAST BLESSING
- LAST GOSPEL
- LAST JUDGMENT
- LAST SACRAMENTS
- LAST SUPPER
- LAST THINGS
- LAST WILL
- LATENCY PERIOD
- LATERAN BASILICA
- LATERAN PALACE
- LATERAN TREATY
- LATIN
- LATIN AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE
- LATIN ARCHITECTURE
- LATIN CHURCH
- LATIN CROSS
- LATIN RITE
- LATRIA
- LATROCINIUM
- LAUD
- LAUDA SION
- LAUDIS CANTICUM
- LAUDS
- LAURA
- LAUS
- LAUS DEO SEMPER
- LAVABO
- LAVABO DISH
- LAW
- LAW OF CONSCIENCE
- LAW OF MOSES
- LAW OF NATIONS (jus gentium)
- LAW OF NATURE
- LAX CONSCIENCE
- LAXISM
- LAY BROTHER
- LAY CONFESSION
- LAY INTRUSION
- LAY SISTERS
- LAYING ON OF HANDS
- LAZARISTS
- LAZARUS
- LAZINESS
- LD
- LE PUY
- LEAGUE OF THE SACRED HEART
- LEAH
- LEARNING
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- LEAVEN
- LEAVENED BREAD
- LECT
- LECTERN
- LECTIO BREVIS
- LECTIONARY
- LECTOR
- LEGAL DUTY
- LEGAL IMPEDIMENT
- LEGAL JUSTICE
- LEGAL MORALITY
- LEGAL RELATIONSHIP
- LEGATE A LATERE
- LEGATE, PAPAL
- LEGATUS NATUS
- LEGEND OF THE SAINTS
- LEGION OF MARY
- LEGIT
- LEGITIMATE MARRIAGE
- LEGITIMATION
- LENT
- LEONINE CITY
- LEONINE PRAYERS
- LEONINE SACRAMENTARY
- LEPER WINDOW
- LESSER DOXOLOGY
- LESSER SINS
- LESSONS
- LETHARGIC TEMPERAMENT
- LEVI
- LEVITATION
- LEVITES
- LEVITICUS
- LEX FUNDAMENTALIS
- LEX ORANDI
- LEX SALICA
- LEX TALIONIS
- LIB., LO.
- LIBEL
- LIBELLUS
- LIBER PONTIFICALIS
- LIBER USUALIS
- LIBERAL ARTS
- LIBERALISM
- LIBERALITY
- LIBERATION THEOLOGY
- LIBERIAN BASILICA
- LIBERIUS, CASE OF POPE
- LIBERTY
- LIBERTY OF CONTRADICTION
- LIBERTY OF EXERCISE
- LIBERTY OF SPECIFICATION
- LIBIDO
- LIC
- LICEITY
- LICENTIATE
- LICIT
- LIFE
- LIFE EVERLASTING
- LIGAMEN
- LIGHT
- LIGHT SINS
- LILY
- LIMBO
- LINUS
- LION
- LIQUEFACTION
- LITANY
- LITANY OF LORETO
- LITANY OF OUR LADY
- LITANY OF ST. JOSEPH
- LITANY OF THE DYING
- LITANY OF THE HOLY NAME
- LITANY OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
- LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART
- LITANY OF THE SAINTS
- LITERAL SENSE
- LITHOSTROTOS
- LITT.
- LITTLE FLOWER SHRINE
- LITTLE FLOWER, NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE
- LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS, THE
- LITTLE HOURS
- LITTLE OFFICE OF OUR LADY
- LITURGIAE INSTAURATIONES
- LITURGICAL BOOKS
- LITURGICAL DRAMAS
- LITURGICAL YEAR
- LITURGY
- LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
- LITURGY OF THE HOURS
- LITURGY OF THE WORD
- LIVING WAGE
- LL.B.
- LL.D.
- LL.M.
- LOC.
- LOCAL CHURCH
- LOCAL CONGREGATION
- LOCUS CLASSICUS
- LOCUTION
- LOGIA
- LOGIC
- LOGICAL METHOD
- LOGOS
- LOLLARDISM
- LOLLARDS
- LONGANIMITY
- LONGINUS
- LORD
- LORD'S PRAYER
- LORD'S PRAYER (Mass)
- LORETO, HOUSE OF
- LOT
- LOUGH DERG
- LOURDES
- LOVE
- LOVE OF ENEMIES
- LOW MASS
- LOW SUNDAY
- LOYALTY
- LUCIFER
- LUCIFERIANS
- LUCIFERITES
- LUJÁN, OUR LADY OF
- LUKE
- LUMEN GENTIUM
- LUMEN GLORIAE
- LUMINOUS RAYS
- LUNA
- LUNETTE
- LUST
- LUSTRAL WATER
- LUTHERANS
- LUX IN TENEBRIS
- LUX MUNDI
- LUXURY
- LXX
- LYDIA
- LYING
- LYRE
