Content and Rituals of Services and Ceremonies

Coffin

A British Sign Language (BSL) translation of Coffin. The kite-shaped box (tapered at the head and foot, wide at the shoulders, and often have six sides) in which the deceased person’s body is conveyed to a funeral service and in which it is buried or cremated.

Coffins are often made of MDF or chipboard and laminated with a veneers in an oak, mahogany, or elm style. However, coffins can also be made of cardboard, bamboo, willow, or banana leaf.

A rectangular box for the same purpose is known as a casket (usually with a lid which can be half open during the funeral service or wake).

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  1. Pall (Coffin cover)
  2. Committal Service (Funerals)
  3. Holy Communion / Eucharist – RCS
  4. Wreath
  5. Chapel of Rest
  6. Commend / Commendation (Funerals)

Commend / Commendation (Funerals)

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A British Sign Language (BSL) translation of Commend / Commendation (Funerals). Part of the funeral service, at which the deceased person is committed to God’s safekeeping.

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  1. Committal Service (Funerals)
  2. Coffin
  3. Chapel of Rest
  4. Funeral
  5. Afraid / Scared / Fear
  6. Heir

Confess (One’s faith)

A British Sign Language (BSL) translation of Confess (One’s faith). To declare your faith/beliefs.

See also: Confess (Admit wrongdoing) and Confession / Confessional

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  1. Confession / Confessional
  2. Confess (Admit wrongdoing)
  3. Faith
  4. Baptism / Baptize / Baptise / Baptised (Full Immersion)
  5. Religious
  6. Hasidim / Chassidism / Hasidic Judaism

Confession / Confessional

A British Sign Language (BSL) translation of Confession / Confessional. Confessing one’s sins, usually to a a member of the clergy, or corporately, during the confession section of liturgy, declaring that one has sinned.

See also: Confess (Admit wrongdoing) and Confess (One’s faith)

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  1. Confess (Admit wrongdoing)
  2. Confess (One’s faith)
  3. Absolve / Absolution
  4. Hasidim / Chassidism / Hasidic Judaism
  5. Holy Communion / Eucharist – RCS
  6. Priest (modern day) / Vicar / Rector / Padre / Chaplain

Consecrate / Consecration

A British Sign Language (BSL) translation of Consecrate / Consecration. When a Christian priest declares bread and wine as representing the body and blood of Jesus Christ and therefore makes them holy. When something is made or declared sacred, for example burial ground, or a church building. When a person is ordained into sacred office, particularly a bishop.

See also: Bishop and Bishop – Roman Catholic sign and Suffragan Bishop and Archbishop and Installment / Installation (Bishop) and Church (Building)

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  1. Archbishop
  2. Episcopal
  3. Crook (Hooked staff)
  4. High Priest
  5. Priest (modern day) / Vicar / Rector / Padre / Chaplain
  6. Bishop – RCS