| LAPSED | Having fallen away from the faith, especially in the Christian church (6) |
| DELVE | Investigate key vote, centre having fallen away |
| APOSTATE | Person who formally renounces their religious faith, especially within Christianity (8) |
| ADVENT | In the Christian church, most of December (6) |
| EASTER | Festival in the Christian Church (6) |
| LAPSES | The French pass out when one falls from the faith (6) |
| ADJUST | Put in order but barely in the Christian era (6) |
| ANGLICAN | --------Communion, third largest in the Christian church founded in London in 1867 (8) |
| EXCOMMUNICATION | The official act of excluding someone from being in the Christian church (15) |
| LENT | In the Christian church, what is the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday? (4) |
| CANTO | The traditional plainchant as prescribed by use and regulation in the Christian Church (5,5) |
| FERMO | The traditional plainchant as prescribed by use and regulation in the Christian Church (5,5) |
| ALTAR | Table used in ceremonies in the Christian church (5) |
| ACOLYTE | In the Christian Church, an assistant to a priest in a religious service or procession (7) |
| DIOCESE | A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church (7) |
| DIOCESES | Districts under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church (8) |
| REDEEMER | One of the many titles given to Jesus in the Christian church (8) |
| SHROVE | Pancake Day in the Christian season of Lent, ... Tuesday |
| LAMMAS | Festival on August 1 in the Christian liturgical calendar |
| PLAINSONG | Form of liturgical chanting in the Christian church, of which the Gregorian Chant is one example (9) |
