Plurality - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition plurality

Definition :

Plurality, majority; in greater number than one. The holding of more than one ecclesiastical benefice is very much restricted.

The (English) Pluralities Act, 1838 (repealing the former statute against pluralities, 21 Hen. 8, c. 13), as amended by the (English) Pluralities Measure, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, No. 7), provides that two benefices may be held together, by dispensation of the archbishop on the recommendation of the bishop, if the churches be within four miles of each other, and if the annual value of one does not exceed 400l.