Key terms & definitions

The Church’s public worship, carried out through established prayers and actions.

The part of the Mass involving the preparation of bread and wine, the Eucharistic Prayer including consecration, and the Communion Rite.

A service centred on Scripture readings and prayers, without the celebration of the Eucharist.

Someone's everyday, personal experience of living in a place.

The means by which people earn a living and obtain the resources they need.

The means by which a person earns a living and meets their basic needs.

The senior membership of a City of London livery company, distinct from ordinary membership.

CAFOD’s award recognising Catholic communities that live simply, sustainably with creation and in solidarity with people living in poverty.

The brown conductor in a mains cable that is at an alternating potential difference of about 230 V relative to earth.

The brown-insulated wire that carries the alternating potential difference from the mains supply; its potential difference relative to earth is about 230 V.

A church appointment providing a clergyman with an income, often awarded by a patron.

The everyday circumstances in which people live, including their housing, food, water supply and arrangements for disposing of waste.

A thin, flexible section moulded into a product that allows two parts to fold relative to one another without a separate hinge.

The conditions in which people live, including their housing, material comforts and ability to afford necessities.

Pay sufficient for workers and their families to meet basic needs within a normal working week.

A Roman historian whose History of Rome gives a detailed narrative of the Second Punic War, written long after the events it describes.

The regional states of Germany, which had their own parliaments before Nazi centralisation.

The sediment and dissolved material carried by a river or the sea.

The resistance that a lever moves or works against, such as the weight of a body part, the body or an object being held.

The force or resistance that a mechanism must overcome.

The distance from the fulcrum to the point where the load acts; also called the resistance arm.

The distance from a lever’s fulcrum to the point where the load acts.

Words carrying strong emotional associations that encourage a particular judgement.

Increasing the force applied to an object during a deformation test.

Money borrowed and repaid over an agreed period, usually with interest.

Money borrowed on the condition that it is repaid, usually with interest.

Money borrowed by a business that must be repaid over an agreed period, usually with interest.

Trying to persuade politicians or other decision-makers to support a particular policy.

An organised attempt to influence someone with decision-making power, for example by presenting evidence and requesting a particular change.

Greed: excessive desire for wealth, possessions or personal gain.