#sacrament

• Agnus — A shortened common term for 'Agnus Dei' (Lamb of God); it refers to a liturgical prayer, hymn, or formula recited in the Catholic Mass before communion, or to an iconographic representation of Jesus Christ depicted as a lamb bearing a triumphal banner or cross.
• Tabernacle — A small box or tabernacle made of precious metal (silver or gold), permanently placed upon the Holy Table inside the altar, in which the Holy Communion (consecrated bread and wine) reserved for the sick or emergencies is kept; a liturgical tabernacle. In Orthodox church architecture and ritual, this object possesses maximum sacred value.
• Autos sacramentales — The designation given to one-act religious allegorical plays specific to Spanish literature during the 16th to 18th centuries (the Golden Age). Centered symbolically on the mystery of the Holy Eucharist, these dramatic works were performed publicly during the Corpus Christi festivities, featuring abstract characters such as Sin, Faith, Death, or Divine Grace, and reaching their zenith through the writings of Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
• Auto sacramental — The singularized, Romanianized form for a play of the auto sacramental type; a one-act Spanish dramatic work of a religious-allegorical nature, dedicated to the glorification of the Eucharist. The term individualizes such a literary composition, structurally analyzed from the viewpoint of versification, personification of abstract concepts, and theological message.