GLOSSARY

Cell | /sel/ n. 1. a small room, esp. in a prison or monastery. 2. Biol.the structural and functional unit of which organisms consist a. the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, and is sometimes called the "building block of life." The word cell comes from the Latin cellula, a small room. The name was chosen by Robert Hooke when he compared the cork cells he saw to the small rooms monks lived in. b. an enclosed cavity in an organism, etc.

Compline | The term Compline (Complin) is derived from the Latin completorium, complement, and has been given to this particular Hour because Compline is, as it were, the completion of all the Hours of the day: the close of the day. The word was first used in this sense about the beginning of the 6th century by St. Benedict in his Rule. The Hour of Compline, such as it now appears in the Roman Breviary, may be divided into several parts, viz.: the beginning or introduction, the psalmody, with its usual accompaniment of anthems, the hymn, the capitulum, the response, the evangelical canticle, the prayer, and the benediction. (In summer at appr. 20:00 hr., in winter at appr. 17:00 hr).

Dream | the experience of envisioned images, voices, or other sensations during sleep. Dreams often portray events which are impossible or unlikely in physical reality, and are usually outside the control of the dreamer. Throughout history, people have sought meaning in dreams. They have been described physiologically as a response to neural processes during sleep, psychologically as reflections of the unconscious, and spiritually as messages from God or predictions of the future

Vigil | (from the Latin vigilia, 'wakefulness') a period of sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching or observance. (In summer at appr. 1:00 hr., in winter at appr. 2:30 hr).