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Archdeacon

Archdeacon [fr. apxwv, chief, and diakovew, Gk., to minister], a substitute for the bishop, having ecclesiastical dignity and jurisdiction over the clergy and laity next after the bishop, either throughout the diocese

Presentation

of presentation is sometimes confounded with that of nomination; but presentation is the offering a person to the bishop, while nomination is the offering such a person to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different

Peculiar

are exempt from any jurisdiction but that of the sovereign. (2) Peculiars of the archbishops, exclusive of the bishops and archdeacons, which arose from a privilege they had to enjoy jurisdiction in such places where their seats

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Ne admittas

Ne admittas (that you admit not), a prohibitory writ directed to the bishop at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, where a quare impedit is depending, when either party fears

Suffragan

Suffragan. Bishops are styled suffragan, a word signifying deputy, in respect of their relation to the archbishop of their province.

Precedence or precedency

younger sons. * Viscounts. ' Earls' eldest sons. ' Marquesses' younger sons. * Secretary of State, if a bishop. * The Bishop of London. * The Bishop of Durham. * The Bishop of Winchester. * Bishops. *

Benefice

beneficium, M. Lat., a kindness], an ecclesiastical living and promotion, a rectory or vicarage: all church preferments except bishoprics; also a fief in the feudal system. See s. 13(1) of the (English) Benefices Act, 1898 (61 &

Institutions

as permanent rules of conduct or of government. (2) A commit-ment of the cure of souls by the bishop to the incumbent, whereby the benefice becomes filled. The clerk kneels before the bishop or his deputy, who

Titles (Ecclesiastical)

Titles (Ecclesiastical). By the (English) Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Act, 1851, the assumption of the title of archbishop or bishop of a pretended province or diocese, or archbishop or bishop of a city, place, or territory in England

Residence

reside on his benefice, in the house of residence; and if he absent himself (without licence from the bishop, grantable by s. 43 for incapacity of mind or body, or illness of wife or child for six

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