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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