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