Chevalier, Tracy: *1962

The Virgin Blue, 1997 - Glossary

  • bonjour / bonsoir – hello / good evening
    cathédrale – cathedral
    Cévenol - something or someone from the Cévennes region in southern France
    Le Christ descendu de la Croix - a painting (“Christ Taken Down from the Cross”) by Nicolas Tournier
    confession – confession (sacrament of reconciliation)
    huguenots – French Protestants of the 16th–17th centuries, persecuted by Catholics
    messe – mass (religious service)
    paroisse – parish
    pèlerinage – pilgrimage
    prieuré – priory, a monastery governed by a prior or prioress
    La Rousse - a nickname meaning “the red-haired woman”
    la Vierge bleue – the Virgin Blue, a reference to the Virgin Mary often depicted in blue robes