| abbey | Abtei, Klosterkirche | |
| abbot / abbess | Abt /Äbtissin | |
| aisle | Gang | |
| archbishop | Erzbischof | |
| Augustines | Augustiner (Orden) | |
| baptism | Taufe | |
| Benedictines | Benediktiner (Orden) | |
| bursar | Schatzmeister | |
| Carmelites | Karmeliter (Orden) | |
| Carthusians | Karthäuser (Orden) | |
| cathedral | tall and important church | Kathedrale |
| cemetery | churchyard | Kirchhof, Friedhof |
| chapel | small church | Kapelle |
| choir | large group of singers | Chor |
| Christian | Christ | |
| chronicles | Chronik(en) | |
| Cistercians | Zisterzienser (Orden) | |
| cloister | Kloster, Kreuzgang | |
| community | Gemeinde, Gemeinschaft | |
| convent | (Frauen) Kloster | |
| crusade | Kreuzzug | |
| devotion | Andacht, Ergebenheit, Hingabe | |
| diocese | Diözese | |
| Dominicans | Dominikaner (Orden) | |
| dormitory | huge bedroom for many people | Schlafsaal |
| Franciscans | Franziskaner (Orden) | |
| friar | brother in a monastery | Bruder, Mönch |
| granary | house to store grain | Kornspeicher |
| hermit | Einsiedler | |
| infirmary | churchyard, cemetery | Friedhof |
| inmate | Insasse | |
| Latin | Latein | |
| mass | service at church | Messe |
| missionary | Missionar | |
| monastery | (Männer) Kloster | |
| monk | Mönch | |
| nave | Kirchenschiff | |
| novice | Novize | |
| nunnery | cloister where nuns live | (Frauen) Kloster |
| parish | Pfarrei | |
| parlour | Empfangsraum, Sprechzimmer | |
| pilgrim | Pilger | |
| pilgrimage | Wallfahrt, Pilgerreise | |
| pope | head of Roman Catholic Church | Papst |
| prayer | Gebet | |
| priest | vicar | Priester |
| prior | Prior | |
| records | Urkunde(n) | |
| refectory | dining-room for many people | Speisesaal |
| saint | Heilige(r) | |
| scriptorium | Schreibstube | |
| scripture | Heilige Schrift | |
| sermon | Predigt | |
| shrine | Grabstätte, Heiligtum | |
| storerooms | Vorratsräume | |
| synod | Kirchenversammlung, Synode | |
| transept | Querschiff (der Kirche) | |
| vestry | Sakristei | |