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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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  • WAGE
  • WAGERING
  • WAKE
  • WALDENSES
  • WALSINGHAM, OUR LADY OF
  • WAR
  • WAR OF AGGRESSION
  • WASHING OF THE FEET
  • WASHING OF THE HANDS
  • WASHINGTON, THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
  • WATER, BLESSED
  • WATER, LITURGICAL USE OF
  • WAX
  • WEALTH
  • WEDDING
  • WEDNESDAY
  • WESTERN CHURCH
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  • WHITE SCAPULAR
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  • WHOLE CHRIST
  • WHORE (biblical)
  • WIDOW
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  • WILL
  • WILL OF GOD
  • WILL TO BELIEVE
  • WIMPLE
  • WINDING SHEET
  • WINE
  • WINEPRESS (biblical)
  • WINGED LION
  • WINGED MAN
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  • WISDOM
  • WISDOM, SEAT OF
  • WITNESS
  • WOLF
  • WOMEN, ORDINATION OF
  • WOMEN'S LIBERATION
  • WONDER-WORKING
  • WORD AND DEED
  • WORD OF GOD
  • WORD, THE
  • WORDS OF ABSOLUTION
  • WORDS OF INSTITUTION
  • WORK
  • WORLD
  • WORLD MIND
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  • WORLD WITHOUT END
  • WORLDLINESS
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  • WRONG
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