ecclesiastical
544 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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Ps. | Psalmus ("Psalm") | |
P.S.M. | Pia Societas Missionum (Fathers of the Pious Society of Missions, Pallottini) | |
P.S.S. | Presbyteri Sancti Sulpicii, Pretres de S. Sulpice (Sulpicians) | |
P.T.C.S. | Pax Tibi Cum Sanctis ("Peace to Thee With the Saints") | |
Ptur. | Praefertur ("Is preferred", or, "Is brought forward") | |
Ptus. | Praefatus ("Aforesaid") | |
Pub., Publ. | Publicus, Publice ("Public", "Publicly") | |
Purg. Can. | Purgatio Canonica ("Canonical Disculpation") | |
PZ. | Pie Zeses ("May you Live Piously" Greek) | |
Q., Qui. | Quiescit ("He Rests") | |
Q.B.AN. | Qui Bixit [for Vixit] Annos ("Who lived ... years") | |
Qd. | Quod ("Because", "That", or, "Which") | |
Q.I.P. | Quiescat In Pace ("May he [or she] Rest in Peace") | |
Qmlbt. | Quomodolibet ("In any manner whatsoever") | |
Qtnus. | Quatenus ("Insofar as") | |
Quadrag. | Quadragesima ("Lent", also the "Fortieth day" before Easter—Breviary) | |
Quinquag. | Quinquagesima (The "Fiftieth day" before Easter—Breviary) | |
Q.V. | Qui Vixit ("Who Lived") | |
R. | Responsorium ("Responsory" Breviary) | |
R. | Roma (Rome) | |
R. | Requiescit ("He Rests"); or Refrigerio ("In [a place of] Refreshment") | |
R.D. | Rural Dean | |
Reg. | Regionis ("Of the Region") | |
Relione. | Religione ("Religion", or, "Religious Order" abl. case) | |
Req. | Requiescat ("May he [or she] rest", i.e. in peace) | |
Rescr. | Rescriptum ("Rescript") | |
Resp. | Responsum ("Reply") | |
R.I.P. | Requiescat In Pace ("May he or she rest in peace") | |
Rit. | Ritus ("Rite", "Rites") | |
Rlari. | Regulari ("Regular") | |
Rom. | Romanus, Romana ("Roman") | |
Roma. | Romana ("Roman") | |
R.P. | Reverendus Pater, Reverend Pere ("Reverend Father") | |
RR. | Rerum ("Of Things, Subjects" e.g. SS. RR. Ital., Writers on Italian [historical] subjects); Regesta | |
Rt. Rev. | Right Reverend | |
Rub. | Ruber ("Red" Breviary) | |
Rubr. | Rubrica ("Rubric") | |
S. | Suus ("His"), or Situs ("Placed"), or Sepulchrum ("Sepulchre") | |
S., Sacr. | Sacrum ("Sacred") | |
S., SS. | Sanctus, Sancti ("Saint", "Saints") | |
Sab., Sabb. | Sabbatum ("Sabbath", Saturday) | |
Saec. | Saeculum (Century) | |
Sal. | Salus, Salutis ("Salvation", "of Salvation") | |
Salmant. | Salmanticenses (Theologians of Salamanca) | |
Salri. | Salutari ("Salutary") | |
S.C. | Sacra Congregatio ("Sacred Congregation") | |
S.C. | Salesianorum Congregatio (Congregation of St. Francis of Sales Salesian Fathers) | |
S.C.C. | Sacra Congregatio Concilii ("Sacred Congregation of the Council", i.e. of Trent) | |
S.C.EE.RR. | Sacra Congregatio Episcoporum et Regularium ("Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars") | |
S.C.I. | Sacra Congregatio Indicis ("Sacred Congregation of the Index") |