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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- S.
- S. OFF.
- S. THOM.
- S., SACR.
- S., SS.
- S.C.
- S.C.C.
- S.C.C.
- S.C.C.S.
- S.C.D.F.
- S.C.E.
- S.C.E.O.
- S.C.G.E. (S.C.P.F.)
- S.C.I.
- S.C.I.C.
- S.C.P.F.
- S.C.R.I.S.
- S.C.S.C.D.
- S.C.U.F.
- S.D.
- S.D.
- S.E.EE.RR.
- S.M.
- S.N.C.
- S.N.CR.
- S.P.
- S.P.
- S.P.,S. PETR.
- S.P.A.
- S.P.A.
- S.R.C.
- S.R.E.
- S.R.R.
- S.S.A.T.
- S.T.B.
- S.T.D.
- S.T.L.
- S.T.M.
- S.T.P.
- S.V.
- SAB., SABB.
- SABAOTH
- SABBATH, BIBLICAL
- SABBATICAL YEAR
- SABBATINE PRIVILEGE
- SABELLIANISM
- SACKCLOTH
- SACRAL
- SACRAM LITURGIAM
- SACRAM UNCTIONEM INFIRMORUM
- SACRAMENT
- SACRAMENT HOUSE
- SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION
- SACRAMENT OF GOD
- SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
- SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
- SACRAMENT OF SALVATION
- SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR
- SACRAMENT OF THE APOSTOLATE
- SACRAMENTAL
- SACRAMENTAL CHARACTER
- SACRAMENTAL CONFESSION
- SACRAMENTAL DISPOSITIONS
- SACRAMENTAL GRACE
- SACRAMENTAL MATTER AND FORM
- SACRAMENTAL PRESENCE
- SACRAMENTAL SEAL
- SACRAMENTAL SIGN
- SACRAMENTALI COMMUNIONE
- SACRAMENTARY
- SACRAMENTS OF THE DEAD
- SACRAMENTS OF THE LIVING
- SACRARIUM
- SACRED
- SACRED COLLEGE
- SACRED CONGREGATIONS
- SACRED CONSISTORY
- SACRED HEART
- SACRED HEART BADGE
- SACRED HEART DEVOTION
- SACRED HEART OF JESUS SCAPULAR
- SACRED HISTORY
- SACRED PENITENTIARY
- SACRIFICE
- SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
- SACRIFICE OF THE NEW LAW
- SACRIFICE, NEW TESTAMENT
- SACRIFICE, OLD TESTAMENT
- SACRILEGE
- SACRISTAN
- SACRISTY
- SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM
- SACRUM CHRISMA
- SACRUM DIACONATUS ORDINEM
- SADDUCEES
- SADNESS
- SAEC
- SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRÉ
- SAINTLINESS
- SAINTS
- SAL
- SALEM
- SALESIANS
- SALIC LAW
- SALMANT
- SALOME
- SALT
- SALTIRE
- SALUS POPULI ROMANI
- SALUTARY ACT
- SALUTATION, MASS
- SALVATION
- SALVE REGINA
- SALVIFIC WILL
- SAMARIA, DISTRICT OF
- SAMARITANS
- SAMPIETRINI
- SAMPSON
- SAMUEL
- SAMUEL, BOOKS OF
- SANATING GRACE
- SANATION
- SANCE BELL
- SANCTIFICATION
- SANCTIFYING GRACE
- SANCTION
- SANCTITY
- SANCTORAL CYCLE
- SANCTUARY
- SANCTUARY LAMP
- SANCTUARY, RIGHT OF
- SANCTUM SANCTORUM
- SANCTUS
- SANCTUS PONTIFEX
- SANDALS
- SANGUINE TEMPERAMENT
- SANHEDRIN
- SANTA CLAUS
- SANTA CRUZ
- SANTA MARIA AD NIVES
- SANTA MARIA AD PRAESEPE
- SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
- SAPPHIRA
- SARABAITES
- SARABITES
- SARAGOSSA (shrine)
- SARAH
- SARAI
- SARUM RITE
- SATAN
- SATANAËL
- SATANISM
- SATISFACTION
- SATURDAY
- SAUL
- SAVIOR
- SCALA SANCTA
- SCALES
- SCANDAL
- SCANDAL OF THE WEAK
- SCANDALOUS
- SCAPULAR
- SCAPULAR MEDAL
- SCHISM
- SCHISMATIC
- SCHOLA CANTORU, MONASTIC
- SCHOLA CANTORUM
- SCHOLASTICISM
- SCHOOL
- SCIENCE OF FAITH
- SCIENCE OF THE SAINTS
- SCIOSOPHY
- SCOTISM
- SCR
- SCRIBES
- SCRIPTORIUM
- SCRIPTURES
- SCROLL
- SCROLL (symbol)
- SCRUPLE
- SCRUPULOSITY
- SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE
- SCRUTINY
- SCS
- SEAL
- SEAL OF CONFESSION
- SEAL OF CONFIRMATION
- SEALING
- SECOND ADAM
- SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
- SECOND CRUSADE
- SECOND ORDER
- SECOND PLANK
- SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
- SECONDARY CAUSE
- SECRET
- SECRET PRAYER
- SECRET SOCIETY
- SECRETARIAT FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
- SECRETARIAT FOR NON-BELIEVERS
- SECRETARIAT OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA (SECRETARIATO EPISCOPALE DELL'AMERICA CENTRALE, S.E.D.A.C.)
- SECRETARY OF STATE
- SECT, RELIGIOUS
- SECULAR
- SECULAR ARM
- SECULAR CLERGY
- SECULAR INSTITUTE
- SECULARISM
- SECULARITY
- SECULARIZATION
- SECUNDUM QUID
- SEDE VACANTE
- SEDIA GESTATORIA
- SEDILIA
- SEDITIOUS
- SEDUCTION
- SEE
- SEE OF PETER
- SEGNATURA APOSTOLICA
- SELEUCIANISM
- SELF
- SELF-CONTROL
- SELF-CRITICISM
- SELF-DECEPTION
- SELF-DEFENSE
- SELF-DENIAL
- SELF-DETERMINATION
- SELF-FULFILLMENT
- SELF-LOVE
- SEMI-ARIANISM
- SEMID
- SEMINAL PRINCIPLE
- SEMINARY
- SEMI-PELAGIANISM
- SEMI-PUBLIC ORATORY
- SEMITES
- SEMPITERNITY
- SENSATION
- SENSE OF SIN
- SENSISM
- SENSUALISM
- SENTENCES, BOOK OF
- SENTENTIA COMMUNIS
- SENTIMENT
- SEPARATED BRETHREN
- SEPARATION, MARITAL
- SEPARATISM
- SEPTUAG
- SEPTUAGESIMA
- SEPTUAGINT
- SEPULCHER
- SEQUENCE
- SERAPHIC BLESSING
- SERAPHIC CONTEMPLATION
- SERAPHIM
- SERMON
- SERMON ON THE MOUNT
- SERPENT, BRAZEN
- SERPENT, COILED
- SERRA INTERNATIONAL
- SERVER
- SERVICE
- SERVILE FEAR
- SERVILE WORK
- SERVITES
- SERVUS SERVORUM DEI
- SETH
- SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
- SEVEN COUNCILS
- SEVEN DEACONS
- SEVEN DOLORS
- SEVEN DOLORS SCAPULAR
- SEVEN GIFTS
- SEVEN HEAVENS
- SEVEN SACRAMENTS
- SEVEN WORDS OF CHRIST
- SEVENTH CRUSADE
- SEX EDUCATION
- SEXAG
- SEXAGESIMA
- SEXT
- SEXTON
- SEXUAL PLEASURE
- SHADDAI
- SHALOM
- SHAMROCK
- SHARING IN GUILT
- SHEEP
- SHEKINAH
- SHELL
- SHEM
- SHEMA
- SHEMITES
- SHEOL
- SHEPHERD OF HERMAS
- SHIP
- SHRINE
- SHROUD
- SHROVETIDE
- SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI
- SICK CALL
- SIDON
- SIG
- SIGILUM
- SIGN
- SIGN OF THE CROSS
- SIGNS OF THE TIMES
- SILAS
- SILENCE
- SILOAM
- SILUVA, OUR LADY OF
- SILVANUS
- SIMEON
- SIMILITUDE
- SIMON
- SIMON MAGUS
- SIMONY
- SIMPL
- SIMPLE
- SIMPLE IGNORANCE
- SIMPLE INTELLIGENCE
- SIMPLE UNITIVE WAY
- SIMPLE VALIDATION
- SIMPLE VOW
- SIMPLICITER
- SIMPLICITY
- SIMPLICITY OF GOD
- SIMULATION, SACRAMENTAL
- SIN
- SIN AGAINST FAITH
- SIN AGAINST RELIGION
- SIN AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
- SIN OF OMMISSION
- SINAI
- SINDONOLOGY
- SINE COM
- SINFUL JOY
- SINLESSNESS
- SINLESSNESS OF CHRIST
- SINLESSNESS OF MARY
- SINS CRYING TO HEAVEN
- SINS OF FRAILTY
- SION
- SIRACH
- SISTERS
- SISTINE CHAPEL
- SITTING
- SIXTH CRUSADE
- SKEPTICISM
- SKULL
- SKULLCAP
- SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT
- SLANDER
- SLAVERY
- SLAVONIC LANGUAGE
- SLOTH
- SMYRNA
- SOBORNOST
- SOBRIETY
- SOC
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- SOCIAL SIN
- SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH
- SOCIETY OF JESUS
- SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
- SOCINIANISM
- SOCRATIC METHOD
- SODALITY
- SODOM
- SODOMY
- SOLA FIDE
- SOLA SCRIPTURA
- SOLEMN BAPTISM
- SOLEMN BLESSING
- SOLEMN MASS
- SOLEMN PROFESSION
- SOLEMN VOWS
- SOLEMNITY
- SOLICITATION
- SOLICITUDE
- SOLIPSISM
- SOLITARY
- SOLITUDE
- SOLITUDE, EXTERIOR
- SOLITUDE, INTERIOR
- SOLLICITUDO OMNIUM ECCLESIARIUM
- SOLO SPIRITU
- SOLOMON
- SOLOVYEVISM
- SON
- SON OF GOD
- SON OF MAN
- SONG OF SONGS
- SONS OF GOD
- SOPHROSYNE
- SORROW
- SORROW FOR SIN
- SORROWFUL MOTHER, SANCTUARY OF
- SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
- SOSTHENES
- SOTERIOLOGY
- SOUL
- SOUL OF THE CHURCH
- SOURCE OF SIN
- SOUTANE
- SOVEREIGN PONTIFF
- SPEAKING IN TONGUES
- SPEAR
- SPECIALI MODO
- SPECIALISSIMO MODO
- SPECIES
- SPECULATION
- SPECULATIVE DOUBT
- SPHRAGIS
- SPINOZISM
- SPIRIT
- SPIRITISM
- SPIRITUAL
- SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
- SPIRITUAL DEATH
- SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
- SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
- SPIRITUAL FATHER
- SPIRITUAL INDIFFERENCE
- SPIRITUAL LIFE
- SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE
- SPIRITUAL READING
- SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
- SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP
- SPIRITUAL SOLITUDE
- SPIRITUAL VESSEL
- SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY
- SPIRITUALISM
- SPIRITUALITY
- SPIRITUALS
- SPIRITUS DOMINI
- SPONGE, LITURGICAL
- SPONSOR
- SPOON
- SPOUSE (BRIDE) OF CHRIST
- SPRINKLING
- SQUINT
- SR
- SS
- SS.D.N.
- ST
- ST. ANDREW'S CROSS
- ST. ANN
- ST. BENEDICT SCAPULAR
- ST. BENEDICT'S MEDAL
- ST. BLAISE BLESSING
- ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL
- ST. DOMINIC SCAPULAR
- ST. JAMES, RITE OF
- ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, RITE OF
- ST. JOHN LATERAN
- ST. JOSEPH SCAPULAR
- ST. JOSEPH, DEVOTION TO
- ST. JOSEPH'S ORATORY
- ST. LAWRENCE OUTSIDE THE WALLS
- ST. MICHAEL SCAPULAR
- ST. PAUL'S OUTSIDE THE WALLS
- ST. PETER'S
- ST. PETER'S CROSS
- STABAT MATER
- STABILITY
- STABILITY, VOW OF
- STAG
- STALLS
- STANDING
- STAR
- STATE OF BEING
- STATE OF GRACE
- STATE OF NATURE
- STATE OF PERFECTION
- STATION
- STATION DAYS
- STATIONS OF THE CROSS
- STATISM
- STATUE
- STEPHEN
- STERILITY
- STERILITY TESTS
- STERILIZATION
- STEWARDSHIP
- STIGMATA
- STIPEND
- STOCKINGS
- STOLE
- STORRINGTON
- STRICT INTERPRETATION
- STRICT MENTAL RESERVATION
- STRICT MYSTERY
- STRIKING THE BREAST
- STRIPPING THE ALTAR
- STS
- STYLITES
- SUAREZIANISM
- SUB SIGILLOL
- SUBAPOSTOLIC AGE
- SUBCONSCIOUS
- SUBDELEGATION
- SUBDIACONATE
- SUBJECT
- SUBJECTIVE END
- SUBJECTIVE HOLINESS
- SUBJECTIVE MORALITY
- SUBJECTIVISM
- SUBLIME
- SUBORDINATION
- SUBPRIOR
- SUBREPTION
- SUBSIDIARITY
- SUBSIDIES, EPISCOPAL
- SUBSISTENCE
- SUBSTANCE
- SUBSTANTIAL
- SUBSTANTIAL ERROR
- SUBSTANTIAL HOLINESS
- SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE
- SUBTILITY
- SUCCENTOR
- SUFFERING
- SUFFICIENT GRACE
- SUFFICIENT REASON
- SUFFICIENT SORROW
- SUFFR.
- SUFFRAGAN
- SUFFRAGES
- SUI GENERIS
- SUI JURIS
- SUICIDE
- SULPICIANS
- SUM. THEOL.
- SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES
- SUMMA THEOLOGICA
- SUMMAE
- SUMMUM BONUM
- SUNDAY
- SUNDAY (biblical)
- SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
- SUNDAY REST
- SUNG MASS
- SUPERCHURCH
- SUPERIOR
- SUPERIOR, ECCLESIASTICAL
- SUPERIOR, RELIGIOUS
- SUPERNATURAL CONTEMPLATION
- SUPERNATURAL COURAGE
- SUPERNATURAL END
- SUPERNATURAL MERIT
- SUPERNATURAL ORDER
- SUPERNATURAL REVELATION
- SUPERNATURAL THEOLOGY
- SUPERNATURAL WORDS
- SUPERSTITION
- SUPPLIED JURISDICTION
- SUPPORT OF RELIGION
- SUPPOSIT
- SUPRALAPSARIANS
- SUPREME DOMINION
- SUPREME END
- SUPREME EVIL
- SURPLICE
- SURROGATE
- SURSUM CORDA
- SUSCIPE
- SUSPENSION
- SUSPICION
- SWASTIKA
- SWEET QUIETUDE
- SWISS GUARDS
- SWORD
- SWORD, FLAMING
- SYBIL
- SYLLABUS OF PIUS IX
- SYLLABUS OF PIUS X
- SYLLOGISM
- SYMBOL
- SYMBOLISM
- SYMBOLS, CHRISTIAN
- SYMPATHY
- SYN.
- SYNAGOGUE (biblical)
- SYNAXIS
- SYNCRETISM
- SYNDERESIS or SYNTERESIS
- SYNDIC, APOSTOLIC
- SYNDICALISM
- SYNOD
- SYNOD OF BISHOPS
- SYNOPTIC PROBLEM
- SYNOPTICS
- SYNTERESIS
- SYNTHESIS
- SYRIAC
- SYRIAN RITE
- SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
- SYSTEMS OF PROBABILITY
