| 1. Various denominations |
| Na Moderats | |
| Na Saidars | (Eng. pronunciation of vowels.) |
| Na Wee Frees | |
| An Eaglais Shaor | |
| An Eaglais Déit | Est. 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 preusgair | the preacher. |
| a’ missionary | |
| maor eaglais | church officer. |
| clàrc an t-seisein | |
| a’ toirt brag air cùbainn | preaching. |
| 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 brod | collection box. The collection box had a long handle. The collector, an elder, went round the seats (suidheanan) with it.
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| [suidheanan] | [seats.] |
| 10. Different services during the week, feast days, sacraments, Sunday school etc. |
| la an trosgaidh | |
| coinneamh sheachdainn | Meeting 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 | |
