An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms

Informant(s)
Name
Murdo MacLeod
Age
60
Origin
Lewis, Uig
Location
Argyll, Campbeltown
1. Various denominations
Na Moderats
Na Saidars(Eng. pronunciation of vowels.)
Na Wee Frees
An Eaglais Shaor
An Eaglais DéitEst. Church.
2. Member of each of these denominations
Moderat’Se Moderat a th’ann dheth.
Saidar’Se Saidar a th’ann dheth.
3. Different courts of the Presbyterian churches
an deecon’s coort
an seisean
a’ chléir
4. Members of the clergy and office-bearers with the Presbyterian churches
a’ ministeir
an t-eildeir
an deecon(The ‘d’ sound coming after ‘n’ disappears and the ‘t’ sound after ‘n’ becomes softened into ‘d’. This is always the case in Uig, Lewis.)
am preusgairthe preacher.
a’ missionary
maor eaglaischurch officer.
clàrc an t-seisein
a’ toirt brag air cùbainnpreaching.
5. Members of the clergy and office-bearers in the Roman Catholic church
6. Holy Orders within the Roman Catholic church
7. Articles of dress or adornment
8. Church building and churchyard
9. Church furniture and ornaments
am brodcollection box. The collection box had a long handle. The collector, an elder, went round the seats (suidheanan) with it.
[suidheanan][seats.]
10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc.
la an trosgaidh
coinneamh sheachdainnMeeting held during the week. Could be in a house or in the meeting-house (tigh-coinneamh) i.e. a small hall erected by the church in an outlying village.
[tigh-coinneamh][meeting-house i.e. a small hall erected by the church in an outlying village.]
11. God, the Lord, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, the Blessed Virgin, the angels, the apostles, Heaven, the Gospel, prayers etc.
Dia
An Tighearna
An Cruithear
Sayings referring to God:
An ainm an Righ!
Gu sealladh E ort!
Air sgàth ni math!
A Thi nam Buadh!
Gu sealladh Sealbh ort!
Gu sealladh Sealbh Mor ort!
A Thi mhòir, fhearaibh!
A chruthadair mhathasaich!
[Moire]Bha sibh ag iasgach an diugh. An d’fhuair sibh tòrr/mòran? Moire, fhuair! Fhuair sinn an t-Agh. ‘Moire!’ is used quite regularly in Uig, although it is very far from Catholic influences.
12. Satan, Hell, Purgatory, Limbo, different kinds of sin etc.
An Sàtan
am fear millidh
Domhall Dubh
piullaidh
an donas
an diaoull
an droch fhear
a’ fear nach can mi
iuthairn
an droch ait
an loch teine
ifrinn

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