The Seminarian's Day (in Latin Terms)

Many of the events that occur in the seminarian's day are noted by Latin words or expressions.  While the English equivalents are often used, there are times that the following are used as well.  For more seminarian jargon, visit the Seminarian Jargon Glossary page.

In monasteries (and thus in some seminaries) it was or is common that a member of the house would knock on each resident's door in the morning and state Benedicamus Domino (Let us bless the Lord) to wake the person from sleep.  The one knocking would know that the resident was awake when the response Deo Gratias (Thanks be to God) was stated back through the door.