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epistle side en · NOUN

Etymology

Traditionally, the Epistle is read from this side.

Meanings

1. The right side of an altar or church from the perspective of a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
   • the Consecrating Bishop washes his hands, and goes up to the Altar; and the newly consecrated goes to the Epistle side of the same Altar, and having there a Missal placed for him, he accompanies the Consecrating Bishop through the remaining part of the Mass. 1848, anonymous author, The Rite of the Consecration of a Bishop in the Catholic Church:

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gospel side