- A over M
- abacus
- acanthus leaves
- accurate perspectives
- acoustical technology
- acoustics
- Acquia Island
- Acropolis of Athens
- air ducts
- altar
- Altar of Mary
- altar of reservation
- ambo
- ambulatories
- ambulatory
- American independence
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- ancient aesthetic
- ancient portals
- ancillary buildings
- apse
- apsidial niches
- archbishop
- archbishops’ residence
- archdiocese
- arches
- architect
- architectural drawings
- architectural icon
- architectural integrity
- architectural lighting
- Architectural Record
- Ascension Thursday
- assumption
- assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Athenian democracy
- Auspice Maria
- baldacchino
- baptismal font
- Baroque domes
- bas relief
- basileus
- basilica
- basilicas
- basswood
- beauty
- bell-ringing
- bicentennial
- Bicentennial Celebration
- bicentennial restoration
- black-and-white flooring
- Blessed Sacrament
- body and blood
- bread and wine
- brick paving
- brick-and-masonry dome
- brickwork
- bronze door decorated in relief
- bronze lanterns
- bronze sculpture foundry
- bronze tabernacle
- built-in cabinets
- bust
- candelabra
- candlesticks
- Capital
- capitals
- Capitol dome
- caponium
- cassoons
- cast-iron composite beam
- cast-iron paneled ceiling
- cathedra
- cathedral
- cathedral bells
- cathedral records
- Catholic devotion
- Catholic schools
- cedar shingles
- ceremonies
- chancery offices
- chandeliers
- chapel
- checkerboard pattern
- Child Jesus
- Chinese-style vases
- choir
- Christ the Man
- Christian worship
- Church Councils
- circle of time
- circumference
- citizenship
- city limits
- classic exterior
- classical forms
- clear glass
- clergy
- clock
- coat of arms
- co-cathedral
- coffers
- collegial system
- colonnaded porch
- colony
- Communion railing
- concave-radiating pedalboard
- concentric circles
- confessionals
- connecting bays
- consecrated
- consecration candles
- consecration crosses
- console
- construction
- copper
- copper plate
- cornerstone
- cornerstone-laying
- cornice
- crosier
- crossing vault
- crucifix
- Crucifixion
- cruciform floorplan
- crypt
- crypt mausoleum
- cupola
- curb of the oculus
- curved apse
- dentils
- devotional shrines
- diffusers
- digital technology
- diocesan synod
- disintegration
- dome
- dome exterior
- domed rotunda
- double staircase
- dove
- ecclesiastical providence
- egg-and-dart cornice ornament
- egg-and-dart molding
- electric lighting
- electrical contractors
- electrical control system
- electricity
- elevator
- end of time
- engineering
- engraving
- Erechtheum
- esprit de corps
- excavated
- eye
- fan-shaped windows
- floorplan
- fluted columns
- foundation
- Four Evangelist
- four evangelists
- freedom
- freedom of religion
- frieze
- function
- furnaces
- furnishings
- galleries
- gallery seating
- gallery space
- gas jets
- geometric panes
- geometric regularity
- gift shop
- gilt
- gilt garlands
- gold leaf
- gold paint
- Gothic
- Gothic cathedrals
- Gothic style
- grace
- graduated platform
- grand reopening
- granite bases
- great dome
- Greek
- Greek border
- Greek columnar order
- Greek revival
- Green Cardiff marble
- grounds
- half domes
- hammered granite
- high altar
- high point
- historic photos
- historic preservation
- historic restoration
- historic structures report
- historical society
- historic-style fixtures
- Holy Spirit
- honeysuckles
- IHS
- imitation marble columns
- imitation scagliola
- impact of light
- infrastructure
- integrity
- interior
- internal casters
- inverted arches
- inverted stone-and-brick arches
- ionic capital
- Ionic order
- Ionic portico
- iron fence
- iron plates
- iron-and-bronze lantern
- Italian Renaissance
- Jerusalem
- Jesuit
- Jesus
- John
- kneeling angels
- laminated wood
- landmark
- landscape
- language of architecture
- liberal arts
- liberty of conscience
- lighting
- limestone
- line of sight
- liturgical music
- liturgical participation
- liturgical rituals
- living stones
- living trust
- louvered dormers
- lower level
- Luke
- lumière mystèrieuse
- luminous fabric
- Madonna and Child
- mahogany cap
- mahogany case
- mahogany-stained trim
- main altar
- main dome
- main floor
- maintain
- marble bust
- marble panels
- marble piers
- marble tabernacle
- Mark
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary’s ascension into heaven
- Mary’s Magnificat
- masonry vaults
- mass house
- mass houses
- masterpiece
- Matthew
- mausoleum
- mechanical operations
- metal pipes
- microprocessor
- minor basilica
- miserere
- model
- molded plaster rosettes
- mortar signatures
- murals
- museum
- mysterious light
- National Conference of Catholic Bishops
- National Historic Landmark
- National Landmark
- national shrine
- natural light
- nave
- nave dome
- neck
- Neoclassical architecture
- Neoclassical revival
- neo-classical style
- New Brunswick freestone
- oak timbers
- oculus
- offices
- ombrellino
- One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, The House of God, The Church of the Living God, The Pillar and Ground of Truth
- onion-shaped domes
- open nave
- operating mechanism
- organ
- organ renovation
- Our Lady Seat of Wisdom
- ox
- Pantheon
- papal bell
- papal umbrella
- Paschal Mystery
- patrons
- pews
- piers
- Pietà
- pilasters
- Pilate
- pine
- plain tympanum
- plaque
- plastic sheeting
- plumbing improvements
- portico
- portico column
- portico lantern
- portico roof
- predella
- preservationists
- preserve
- private chapel
- pro bono
- pro-cathedral
- processional bell
- promote
- proportion
- protect
- pulpit
- raking cornice
- ranks
- red Sienna marble
- red velvet
- red velvet baldachino
- relics
- religious freedom
- religious liberty
- repair
- restoration
- restore
- resurrection
- reversed arches
- rewired
- Roman
- Roman jurisprudence
- Roman Pantheon
- Roman seminary system, vertical governance under a single rector
- Roman style cathedral
- rosettes
- rotunda
- rotunda arches
- rotunda drum
- rust
- sacred vessels
- sacristy
- Saint James
- Saint Michael
- sanctuary
- sanctuary organ
- sandstone cornice moldings
- satelites
- saucer dome
- scaffolding
- scagliola
- scriptures
- sculpted angels
- Second Vatican Council
- security system
- see
- semicircular saucer dome
- seminary
- sextons
- sexton’s lodge
- shed roof
- shell dome
- shepherd’s crook
- side aisles
- side altars
- simple architrave
- simple lines
- site
- skylights
- slave balcony
- slender columns
- slender crosses as finials
- snow-guards
- Society of Jesus
- solid-state combination action
- span
- Spanish mission churches
- speakers
- speaking stops
- spiral staircase
- St. James the Less
- St. Joseph
- St. Luke
- St. Michael the Archangel
- stained-glass window
- Stations of the Cross
- statue
- Ste Genevieve
- storage
- stoves
- structure
- stucco
- stucco panels
- sublime
- subterranean chapel
- Sulpicians
- synthetic membrane
- tabernacle
- The Assumption
- the Immaculate Conception
- theater seating
- three-maual console
- timber-framed shell
- tintinabulum
- toleration
- tracery of grapevines
- transepts
- triangular pediment
- triangular pendentives
- tripartite window
- trompe d’oeil coffers
- tuck-pointing
- undercroft
- unornamented planes and edges
- utilities
- vaulting
- ventilating lantern
- vesting space
- vestments
- vine-and-wheat motif
- volutes
- wall paintings
- walnut pews
- waterworks
- white baptismal font
- white marble floor
- white pillars
- white pine
- windchest
- wires
- wooden hitching post
- wood-ribbed outer dome
- Word of God
- worship
Durkin, Mary-Cabrini, America’s First Cathedral: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Baltimore, MD: Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust, Inc. 2007.