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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- P.
- P.A., PREF. AP.
- P.D.
- P.K.
- P.P.
- P.P.P.
- P.R.
- P.R.E.S.S.
- PA.
- PACHOMIUS, RULE OF ST
- PACIFISM
- PACT
- PADROADO
- PADUA (SHRINE OF ST. ANTHONY)
- PAENITEMINI
- PAGAN
- PAIN
- PAIN OF LOSS
- PAIN OF SENSE
- PALESTINE
- PALL
- PALLIUM
- PALLOTTINES
- PALM
- PALM SUNDAY
- PALMS, BLESSED
- PANAYA KAPULU (shrine)
- PANEGYRIC
- PANENTHEISM
- PANGE LINGUA
- PANPSYCHISM
- PAN-SATANISM
- PANSEXUALISM
- PANTHEISM
- PANTHEON
- PANTOKRATOR
- PAPABILE
- PAPAL CHOIR
- PAPAL CROSS
- PAPAL ELECTION
- PAPAL FLAG
- PAPAL LETTER
- PAPAL SECRETARY OF STATE
- PAPAL STATES
- PAPIST
- PAPYRI, BEATTY
- PARABLE
- PARACHURCH
- PARACLETE
- PARADIGM
- PARADISE
- PARADOX
- PARAENESIS
- PARALIPOMENON
- PARALITURGICAL
- PARALLELISM
- PARARELIGIOUS
- PARASCEVE
- PARAY LE MONIAL
- PARDON
- PARDONERS
- PARENTAL OBEDIENCE
- PARENTS, DUTIES OF
- PARISH
- PARISH COUNCIL
- PARISHIONER
- PAROCHIAL MASS
- PAROUSIA
- PARSIMONY, LAW OF
- PARSON
- PARSONAGE
- PART. IND.
- PARTHENOS
- PARTIAL INDULGENCE
- PARTICLE
- PARTICULAR JUDGMENT
- PARTNER IN SIN
- PARVITAS MATERIAE
- PASCENDI
- PASCH
- PASCH
- PASCHAL CANDLE
- PASCHAL LAMB
- PASCHAL MEAL
- PASCHAL MYSTERY
- PASCHAL TIME
- PASSING BELL
- PASSION
- PASSION
- PASSION NARRATIVE
- PASSION PLAYS
- PASSION SCAPULAR
- PASSION SYMBOLS
- PASSIONATE ANGER
- PASSIONISTS
- PASSIONS
- PASSIONTIDE
- PASSIVE RECOLLECTION
- PASSIVE UNITIVE WAY
- PASSOS
- PASSOVER
- PASTOR
- PASTOR AETERNUS
- PASTOR, PAROCHIAL
- PASTORAL LETTERS
- PASTORAL STAFF
- PASTORAL THEOLOGY
- PASTORALE MUNUS
- PATARINES
- PATEN
- PATER NOSTER
- PATIENCE
- PATR.
- PATRIARCH
- PATRIARCHAL BASILICA
- PATRIARCHAL CROSS
- PATRIARCHAL THEORY
- PATRIARCHATE
- PATRIMONY
- PATRIMONY OF ST. PETER
- PATRIMONY OF THE POOR
- PATRINI
- PATRIPASSIANISM
- PATRISTIC PHILOSOPHY
- PATRISTIC THEOLOGY
- PATRISTICS
- PATROLOGY
- PATRON
- PATRON SAINT
- PATRONAGE
- PATRONAGE OF ST. JOSEPH
- PAUL
- PAULICIANS
- PAULINE PRIVILEGE
- PAULISTS
- PAULISTS
- PAUPERISM
- PAX
- PAX ROMANA
- PEACE
- PEACE OF GOD
- PEACE OF THE CHURCH
- PEACE PLATE or TABLET
- PEACOCK
- PECCATOPHOBIA
- PECTORAL CROSS
- PECULIUM
- PEDERNEIRA
- PELAGIANISM
- PELICAN
- PENAL STERILIZATION
- PENALTIES
- PENALTIES, ECCLESIASTICAL
- PENALTY REMEDIAL
- PENALTY, PENITENTIAL
- PENALTY, PUNITIVE
- PENANCE
- PENETRABILITY
- PENITENCE
- PENITENT
- PENITENTIAL ACT
- PENITENTIAL CHAIN
- PENITENTIAL PSALMS
- PENITENTIAL RITE
- PENITENTS
- PENSION
- PENT.
- PENTATEUCH
- PENTECOST
- PENTECOSTALISM
- PEOPLE OF GOD
- PER SE
- PERDURANCE
- PEREGRINI
- PERFECT
- PERFECT CONTRITION
- PERFECT HAPPINESS
- PERFECT SOCIETY
- PERFECTAE CARITATIS
- PERFECTION
- PERICHORESIS
- PERICOPE
- PERIODIC CONTINENCE
- PERJURY
- PERMANENT DIACONATE
- PERMISSION
- PERMISSIVENESS
- PERMISSIVISM
- PERPETUAL ADORATION
- PERPETUAL HELP, OUR LADY OF
- PERPETUAL VOWS
- PERPLEXED CONSCIENCE
- PERSECUTION
- PERSECUTIONS, ROMAN
- PERSEVERANCE
- PERSON
- PERSON, ECCLESIASTICAL
- PERSON, MORAL
- PERSONAL IDENTITY
- PERSONAL LAW
- PERSONALITY
- PERSONHOOD
- PERTINACITY
- PERVERSION
- PESHITTA
- PESSIMISM
- PETER
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER'S PENCE
- PETITIONS TO THE HOLY SEE
- PEW
- PEW RENTS
- PH.B.
- PH.D.
- PH.M.
- PHANAR
- PHARISAIC CONSCIENCE
- PHARISAICAL SCANDAL
- PHARISEES
- PHENOMENON
- PHILEMON
- PHILIP
- PHILIPPIANS
- PHILOSOPHER OF PROTESTANTISM
- PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
- PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH
- PHILOSOPHY
- PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
- PHILOSOPHY OF MAN
- PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
- PHOENIX
- PHOTIANISM
- PHYSICAL CERTITUDE
- PHYSICAL EVIL
- PHYSICAL FREEDOM
- PHYSICAL MIRACLE
- PHYSICAL SOLITUDE
- PHYSIOLOGUS
- PIARISTS
- PIETÀ
- PIETISM
- PIETY
- PILASTER
- PILATE, PONTIUS
- PILGRIM CHURCH
- PILGRIMAGE
- PILLAR, THE HOLY
- PIOUS ASSOCIATION
- PIOUS BELIEF
- PIOUS UNION
- PISCINA
- PITY
- PLACET
- PLACET JUXTA MODUM
- PLAGUE MEDAL
- PLAGUES, TEN
- PLAIN CHANT
- PLAIN SONG
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD
- PLATONISM
- PLEASURE
- PLEN. IND.
- PLENARY COUNCIL
- PLENARY INDULGENCE
- PLEROMA
- PLOUGH MONDAY
- PLURALISM, DOCTRINAL
- PLURALISM, THEOLOGICAL
- PLURIFORMITY
- PODIUM
- POENIT.
- POENIT. AP.
- POINTE AUX TREMBLES
- POLARIZATION
- POLITICIZATION
- POLYANDRY
- POLYGAMY
- POLYGENISM
- POLYGLOT BIBLE
- POLYGYNY
- POLYTHEISM
- POMP
- PONT
- PONT.
- PONT. MAX.
- PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
- PONTIFF
- PONTIFICAL
- PONTIFICAL CHAPEL
- PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR RUSSIA
- PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR SACRED ART
- PONTIFICAL COMMISSION OF SACRED ARCHAEOLOGY
- PONTIFICAL COMMITTEE FOR HISTORICAL SCIENCES
- PONTIFICAL HOUSEHOLD, PREFECTURE OF
- PONTIFICAL MASS
- PONTIFICAL MASTERS OF CEREMONIES
- PONTIFICALIA INSIGNIA
- PONTIFICALIS ROMANI
- PONTIFICALS
- PONTIFICATE
- PONTIUS PILATE
- PONTMAIN
- POOR BOX
- POOR CLARES
- POOR MEN OF LYONS
- POOR SOULS
- POPE
- POPE, ELECTION
- POPULAR CONSENT
- POPULATION EXPLOSION
- PORNOGRAPHY
- PORT ROYAL
- PORTABLE ALTAR
- PORTER
- PORZIUNCULA
- POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- POSITIVE LAW
- POSITIVE THEOLOGY
- POSITIVISM
- POSS.
- POSSESSION, DEMONIC
- POSSESSIVE INSTINCT
- POSSIBLE
- POST LITTERAS APOSTOLICAS
- POSTCOMMUNION
- POSTCONCILIAR
- POSTULANT
- POSTULATE
- POSTULATION
- POTENCY
- POVERTY EVANGELICAL
- POVERTY OF DISPOSSESSION
- POVERTY OF SHARING
- POWER
- POWER OF JURISDICTION
- POWER OF THE KEYS
- POWERS
- POWERS OF EVIL
- POWERS OF THE SOUL
- PP
- PP. AA.
- PR
- PRACTICAL DOUBT
- PRAEF.
- PRAGMATISM
- PRAISE
- PRAISES OF GOD
- PRAYER
- PRAYER AND PENANCE, ARCHCONFRATERNITY OF
- PRAYER BOOK
- PRAYER DURING THE DAY
- PRAYER OF CHRIST
- PRAYER OF QUIET
- PRAYER OF RECOLLECTION
- PRAYER OF SIMPLICITY
- PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
- PRAYER OF THE HEART
- PRAYER OF UNION
- PRAYER, CONSTANT
- PRAYERS OVER THE PEOPLE
- PRB. PRESBIT.
- PREACHER APOSTOLIC
- PREACHING
- PRE-ADAMITES
- PREAMBLES OF FAITH
- PREBEND
- PRECEDENCE
- PRECENTOR
- PRECEPT
- PRECEPTS OF CHARITY
- PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH
- PRECIOUS BLOOD
- PRECIOUS BLOOD (worship)
- PRECIOUS BLOOD SCAPULAR
- PRECIOUS BLOOD, SOCIETY OF
- PRECONCILIAR
- PRECONIZATION
- PRECULAR
- PRECURSOR
- PREDEFINITION
- PREDELLA
- PREDESTINARIANISM
- PREDESTINATION
- PREDETERMINATION
- PRE-EVANGELIZATION
- PREFACE
- PREFECT APOSTOLIC
- PREFECTURE OF THE PONTIFICAL HOUSEHOLD
- PREJUDICE
- PRELATE
- PRELATE NULLIUS
- PRELATE, DOMESTIC
- PREMONSTRATENSIANS
- PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
- PREPARING FOR COMMUNION
- PRESANCTIFIED, MASS OF THE
- PRESBYTER
- PRESBYTERATE
- PRESBYTERI SACRA
- PRESBYTERIANS
- PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS
- PRESBYTERY
- PRESCIENCE
- PRESCRIBED PRAYER
- PRESCRIPTION
- PRESENCE
- PRESENCE OF GOD
- PRESENT
- PRESENTATION
- PRESENTATION, FEAST OF
- PRESERVATION OF LIFE
- PRESTIGE MOTIVE
- PRESUMPTION
- PRETERNATURAL
- PRETERNATURAL GIFTS
- PREVENTING GRACE
- PRIDE
- PRIDE OF LIFE
- PRIE-DIEU
- PRIEST
- PRIESTHOOD
- PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST
- PRIESTHOOD OF THE FAITHFUL
- PRIESTS' COUNCIL
- PRIESTS' SENATE
- PRIMACY
- PRIMATE
- PRIME
- PRIME MATTER
- PRIME MOVER
- PRIMER
- PRIMITIVE RELIGION
- PRIMOGENITUS
- PRINCE OF THE CHURCH
- PRINCIPALITIES
- PRINCIPLE
- PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
- PRINCIPLE OF EVIL
- PRINKNASH
- PRIOR
- PRIORESS
- PRIORY
- PRISCA
- PRISCILLA
- PRISCILLIANISM
- PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
- PRIVATE BAPTISM
- PRIVATE CONFESSION
- PRIVATE MASS
- PRIVATE ORATORY
- PRIVATE REVELATIONS
- PRIVATION
- PRIVILEGE
- PRIVILEGE, ECCLESIASTICAL
- PRIVILEGED ALTAR
- PRO ARMENIS
- PRO COMPERTO SANE
- PRO FORMA
- PRO LIFE MOVEMENT
- PROBABILIORISM
- PROBABILITY
- PROBABLILISM
- PROBLEM
- PRO-CATHEDRAL
- PROCESS
- PROCESS THEOLOGY
- PROCESSION
- PROCESSIONAL
- PROCESSIONAL CROSS
- PROCESSIONS
- PROCLAMATION
- PROCREATION
- PROCREATIVE LOVE
- PROCURATOR
- PRODIGY
- PROF.
- PROFANATION
- PROFANE
- PROFESSED
- PROFESSION
- PROFESSION OF FAITH
- PROFESSIONIS RITUS
- PROHIBITIVE IMPEDIMENT
- PROLONGED ABSTINENCE
- PROMISE
- PROMISED LAND
- PROMISED SECRET
- PROMOTER OF THE FAITH
- PROMPT SUCCOR, OUR LADY OF
- PROMULGATION
- PROP. FID.
- PROPAGANDA
- PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH
- PROPER
- PROPER CAUSE
- PROPER OF THE SAINTS
- PROPER OF THE SEASON
- PROPERTY
- PROPHECIES OF ST. MALACHY
- PROPHECY
- PROPHET
- PROPITIATION
- PROPORTIONALITY
- PROPOSTION
- PROPR.
- PROPRIO MOTU
- PROSELYTE
- PROSELYTIZE
- PROSPHORA
- PROSTRATION
- PROT. AP.
- PROTECTRESS OF ROME, OUR LADY
- PROTESTANT ETHIC
- PROTESTANTISM
- PROTOCANONCIAL
- PROTOCOL
- PROTOEVANGELIUM
- PROTO-MARTYR
- PROTONOTARY APOSTOLIC
- PROTOPOPE
- PROTOTYPE
- PROV.
- PROVERB
- PRO-VICAR APOSTOLIC
- PROVIDENCE
- PROVINCE, RELIGIOUS
- PROVINCIAL
- PROVISION
- PROVISION, CANONICAL
- PROVISIONALISM
- PROVOCATION
- PROVOST
- PROXIMA FIDEI
- PROXIMATE OCCASIONS
- PRUDENCE
- PRUDENTIAL CERTITUDE
- PS
- PSALM
- PSALM TONES
- PSALMODY
- PSALMS, BOOK OF
- PSALTER
- PSALTER OF MARY
- PSALTERY
- PSYCHOANALYSIS
- PSYCHOLOGICAL FREEDOM
- PSYCHOLOGISM
- PSYCHOLOGY
- PSYCHOPHYSICAL PARALLELISM
- PSYCHOSIS
- PSYCHOTHERAPY
- PUB., PUBL.
- PUBLIC DECENCY
- PUBLIC GOOD
- PUBLIC ORATORY
- PUBLIC PENANCE
- PUBLIC PENITENTS
- PUBLIC PROPRIETY
- PUBLIC REVELATION
- PUBLICAN
- PULPIT
- PUNISHMENT
- PUNISHMENT, CAPITAL
- PURE ACT
- PURE NATURE
- PURG. CAN.
- PURGATIVE WAY
- PURGATORY
- PURIFICATION
- PURIFICATOR
- PURITY
- PURITY OF BODY
- PURITY OF INTENTION
- PURPLE
- PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
- PURSUIVANTS
- PUSILLANIMITY
- PUTATIVE MARRIAGE
- PYX
