The Rheims New Testament (1582) — Glossary and Errata

The glossary at the end of the Rheims New Testament of 1582, explaining the Latin-derived words of the translation that the ordinary reader might not know, followed by the printers' list of faults to be corrected. The corrections are given here as printed; they have not been applied to the text in this room.

THE EXPLICATION OF CERTAINE VVORDES IN THIS TRANSLATION, NOT FAMILIAR to the vulgar reader, vvhich might not conueniently be vttered otherwiſe.

A

• Abſtracted, Dravven avvay. pag. 642.
• Acquiſition, Getting, purchaſing. pag 514.
• Aduent, The comming. pag 69.
• Adulterating, Corrupting. See pag. 475. 478.
• Agnition, knovvledge or acknovvledging. p. 600.
• Allegorie, a Myſtical ſpeache, more thou the bare letter. pag. 505. See the Annot. p. 508.
• Amen, expounded pag. 244.
• Anathema, expounded p. 405.
• Archiſynagogue, expounded pag. 99.
• Aſsiſt. pag. 135, ſignifieth the Angels ſtanding and attēding, alvvaies readie to doe their miniſterie.
• Aſſumption, p. 165, Chriſts departure out of this vvorld by his death and Aſcenſion.
• Azym⟨illegible⟩s, Vnleauened bread. p. 75.

C

• Calumniate, By this vvord is ſignified violent oppreſſion by vvord or deede. pag. 143.
• Catechizeth, and Catechized. p. 510. He catechizeth that teacheth the principles of the Chriſtian faith: and they that heare and learne, are catechized, and are therfore called often in the Annotations, Catechumens.
• Character, a marke or ſtampe. pag. 7⟨illegible⟩3.
• Commeſſſations, Immoderate bankets, and belly cheere, vvith vvanton riotouſnes. p. 509.
• Condigne, comparable. p. 400.
• Contriſtate, This vvord ſignifieth to make heauie and ſad. pag 519.
• Cooperate, ſignifieth vvorking vvith others, p. 401.
• likevviſe Cooperation, Cooperateurs.
• Corbana, expounded pag. 80.

D

• Depoſitum. p. 582. See the Annot. pag. 584. It may ſignifie alſo, Gods graces giuen vs to keepe, pa. 587. v. 14. Alſo v. 12 ibid. See the Annot.
• Didrael. me, expounded pag. 49.
• D⟨illegible⟩minical day, Sunday. See Annot, p. 701. 702.
• Donaries, giftes offered to God for his Temple, &c. 199.

E

• Euacuated from Chriſt, that is, Made voide and hauing no part vvith him. p. 508.
• The ⟨illegible⟩ of the croſſe euacuated, that is, made voide, cleane taken avvay. ibidem.
• Euangelize, ſignifieth ſuch preaching of good tidinges, as cōcerneth the Goſpel. See the preface,
• Eunuches, gelded men
• Euro-aquilo. A north-eaſtvvinde. p. 368.
• Exinanited, abaſed excedingly. p. 528.

G

• Gratis, an vſual vvord to ſignifie, for nothing, freely, for Godamercie, vvithout deſert.

H

• Holocauſte, a kinde of ſacrifice vvhere al vvas burnt in the honour of God. p. 625.
• Hoſtes, ſacrifices. p. 445.

I

• Inuocated, called vpon, praied vnto. p. 316. Hereof vve ſay, Inuocation of Saincts, and to inuocate.
• Iſſue, good euent. pag. 445.
• Iuſtice, taken in the nevv Teſtament, not as it is cōtrarie to vvrong or iniurie, but for that qualitie vvhere of a man is iuſt and iuſtified. p. 391.

N

• Noophyte, expounded p. 569.

P

• Paraclete, expounded pag. 260.
• Paraſceue, the Ievves Sabboth-eue, Good friday. p. 130. v. 43. See the Preface.
• Paſche, Eaſter, and, the Paſchal Iambe. p. 201.
• Pentecoſt, vvhitſuntide, & the ſpace of fifte daies.
• Prefinition, A determination before. p. 517.
• Prepuce, expounded pag. 387.
• Preſcience, foreknovvledge. p. 294.
• Preuaricatour, tranſgreſſor: and preuarication, trāſgreſſion. p. 386. 387.
• Loaues of Propoſition, ſo called, becauſe they vvere propoſed and for vpon the table in the Temple, before God. pag. 31.

R

• Repropitiate the ſinnes. pag. 605. that is, make a roconcillation for them.
• Reſolution, the ſeparation of the body and the ſoule, the departing out of this life. p. 592.
• Reſuſcitate the grace, that is, Raiſe, quicken, renew and reviue the grace vvhich othervviſe languiſheth and decaieth. pag. 586.

S

• Sabbatiſmt, A time of reſting and ceaſing from labours. pag. 607.
• Sacrament, for myſterie. p. 513.
• Sancta Sanctorum, The holies of holies, that is, the inmoſt and holieſt place of the Ievves Temple, as it vvere the Chauncel. pag. 621.
• Superedified, Builded vpon Chriſt the principal ſtone pag. 657.

T

• Tetrarch, Gouernour or Prince of the 4 part of a countrie. p. 33.
• Thrones, an higher order of Angles. p. 537.

V

• Victims, Sacrifices. p. 308.

The faultes correcte thus.

LAVS DEO.

Colophon

Printed edition: The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ, translated faithfully into English, out of the authentical Latin … in the English College of Rhemes (Rhemes: Iohn Fogny, 1582; STC 2884, ESTC S102491), the Catholic New Testament translated from the Latin Vulgate chiefly by Gregory Martin. Copy transcribed: the Eton College Library copy, as filmed for Early English Books Online (image set 2646).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A16049 (keyed 2005–06, proofread and released 2006), placed in the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal. Converted for the Good Works Library in October 2026.

What was done: the spelling, punctuation and capitals of the transcription are kept exactly, including u/v, i/j, "vv" for w, long s (ſ), the abbreviation stroke (as in "vpō") and the edition's own marks (″ for an annotated word, ⸬ and * for marginal references, ⊢ for the end of a liturgical Gospel or Epistle; ▪ is the transcribers' sign for a punctuation mark they could not identify). Removed as apparatus: the TEI markup, page breaks, line-end hyphenation, and the small cross ✝ that the edition sets at the beginning of each verse beside the verse number in the margin; the number is given here instead. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter, keyed to their verse; the annotations follow as the edition prints them. Words the transcribers could not read are shown as ⟨illegible⟩; words printed in Greek or other non-Latin letters, which the transcription did not key, are shown as ⟨non-Latin script⟩. No gap has been filled or guessed.

On this page 4 places are marked ⟨illegible⟩ and 2 words or phrases in Greek or other non-Latin letters are marked ⟨non-Latin script⟩.

This is an archival transcription of a historic English Bible. It is not a Good Works Translation.

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