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If you see one without a link or know of one missing feel free to reply below with a complete definition.

A


Abaddon
Accounts Servant

'Active Force'
Amen
Annual General Meeting 

Anointed

Anointed ones
Antichrist
Apollyon
Apostasy
Appointed Times of the Nations
Approved Associate 
Ark of the Covenant
Armageddon
Assembly Hall
Assembly Overseer
Attendant Servant
Auxiliary Counselor
Auxiliary Pioneer

B


Baptism
Bethel Choir
Bethel Elder
Bethel Entrants' School
Beth Sarim
Beth-Shan
Bible Study
Bible School for Christian Couples (b. Sept 2014)
Bible School for Single Brothers (b. Sept 2014)
Bible Student (aka Bible Study)

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
Body of Elders
Book Study
Branch Offices 
Branch Committee
Branch Visit (new term as of Feb 18, 2014)

C


Christ Jesus
Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (CCJW)
Christian Convention Center
Christianity
Christendom
Circuit Assembly (went from 2 days to 1 day in 2014)
Circuit Overseer
City Overseer
Congregation
Congregation Servant (pre-'72)
Congregation Bible Study
Congregation Book Study
Congregation Secretary
Congregation Service Committee
Congregation Volunteer
Construction Groups
Construction Servant
Construction Volunteer
Coordinator of the Body of Elders
Country Office

D


Dedication
Demon(s)
Devil (aka Satan)
Disaster Relief Committee
Disassociation
Disfellowshipping
District Convention (old term) now called "Regional Convention"
District Overseer
District Representative

E


Eden
Eight Dukes
Eighth King
Elder
Elijah Class
Elisha Class

F


Family Night (at Bethel)
Family Worship
Faithful Slave (short for The Faithful and Discreet Slave)

G


Garden of Eden
Gentile Times
Gilead, Watchtower Bible School of
Global Assistance Arrangement (GAA) - for "unexpected events and accidents disaster"
God's Kingdom
Gog of Magog
Governing Body
Governing Body Helpers
Great Crowd
Great Tribulation

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Gross Sin
Group
Group Overseer
Group Servant

H


Headquarter's representatives
Heavenly Jerusalem
Holy Spirit
Hospital Liaison Committee
I


IBSA - International Bible Students Association
Informal Witnessing
International Convention
International Servant
International Spokesman
International Volunteer Construction Workers
J


Jehovah
Jerusalem
Jerusalem above
Jesus Christ
Judicial Committee
Judicial Restrictions
K


Kingdom
Kingdom Hall
Kingdom Hall Assistance Program (KHAA)
Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall ? (KHAH) (replaces the above program)
Kingdom Ministry School
Kingdom of the Son of His Love
Kingdom of our God and of his Son
King of the North
King of the South

L


Literature Coordinator
Local Construction Servant
LDC - Local Design/Construction Department 
Local Design/Construction Office (LDCO)
LDC Field Trainers
LDC Volunteer
Little Flock
Lord's Evening Meal
M


Magazine Servant
Magazine Coordinator

Man of Lawlessness (The)
Marking
Memorial
Messianic Kingdom
Midweek Meeting
Millennial Reign
Multi-language Electronic Photo-type System (MEPS)
Ministerial Servant
Ministerial Training School
Missionary
N


Need Greaters
Nephilim
Nethinim - Gov. Body Helpers or Temple workers
New World Translation
New Jerusalem
O


Operating Committee
Operating Committee Member
Organization
Other Sheep
Overseer
Oversight Group of the Service Department
P


Patient Visitation Group
Pilgrim
Pioneer
Pioneer Service School (b. 2014 - 2 weeks, since 6 days)
Pregroups
Presiding Overseer - now called Coordinator of the Body of Elders
Private Reproof
Public Reproof
Public Witnessing
Public Talk Coordinator
Publisher
Q


Quick Build
R


Rapture
Regional Building Committee (slowly being deprecated worldwide as of 2014)
Regional Convention
Regional Design/Construction Departments (RDCs) (started 2014)
Regular Pioneer
Reinstatement
Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses
Reproof
Return Visit
Remote Translation Office
Resurrection
S


Satan
School for Christian Couples (b. Sept 2014)
School for Congregation Elders
School for Kingdom Evangelizers (a. Sept 2014)
School for Single Brothers (b. Sept. 2014)
School for Traveling Overseers and their Wives
School for Branch Committee Members and their Wives
Secretary
Section Desk Secretary
Service Committee (Congregation level)
Service Deskman
Service Department
Service Group
Service Group Overseer
Service Overseer
Seven Shepherds
Shepherd
Soul 
Sound Servant
Special Assembly Day (no longer in use as of Feb 18, 2014)
Special Blue Envelope
Special Metropolitan Public Witnessing Program
Special Pioneer
Student (see Bible Student)
T


Tabernacle
Territory Servant
Theocratic Ministry School
Theocratic Ministry School Overseer
Traveling Overseer
Traveling Overseers Assistance Arrangement (TOAA) - for healthcare and transportation for C.O's and their wives in the U.S. Branches.

Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Bad
Tree of Life
U


Unbaptized Publisher
United States Branch Committee
Urim and Thummin
V


W


Watchtower (The)
Watchtower (Public Edition)
Watchtower (Study Edition)
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Watchtower Study Conductor
Weekend Meeting
Wicked Spirits (aka Wicked Angels, Wicked Spirit Creatures)
World Wide Design/Construction (WDC) (started 2014)
World Wide Order of Special Full Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses
World Wide Work (Donations)
World Headquarters
Wormwood
 X


Y


Z


Zone Overseer (old term) see 'Headquarter's representatives'
Zone Visit (old term) see 'Branch Visit'
 

Numbers:


2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
24
24 elders
144
33 C.E.

607 B.C.E.
1260 days
1290 days
1,335 days
1874 C.E.
1914 C.E.
1918 C.E.
1919 C.E.
1925 C.E.
1975 C.E.
144,000


See also:
List of Theocratic Acronyms 

In addition to these definitions the following Correspondence Guidelines reference can be very helpful in defining terms.

 

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