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Dean [fr. decanus, Lat.; deka, Gk., ten], an ecclesiastical governor or dignitary, so called as he is supposed to have originally presided over ten canons or prebendaries at the least. In cathedrals of the old foundation in England, the dean is the principal of the four chief dignitaries, exercising a general supervision over the other members of the capitular body, with special reference to the cure of souls. In cathedrals of the new foundation, the duties of the deans are defined by the statutes of each chapter.Considered in respect of the differences of office, deans are of six kinds:--(1) Deans of Chapters, who are either of cathedral or collegiate churches. (2) Deans of Peculiars, who have sometimes both jurisdiction and cure of souls, and sometimes jurisdiction only. (3) Rural Deans, deputies of the bishop, planted all round his diocese, the better to inspect the conduct of the parochial clergy, to inquire into and report dilapidations, and to examine the candidates for confirmat...
Manualia beneficia
Manualia beneficia, the daily distributions of meat and drink to the canons and other members of cathedral churches for their present subsistence....
Matrix ecclesias
Matrix ecclesias, the mother church, i.e., the cathedral, so called in relation to the parochial churches within the same diocese, or a parochial church in relation to chapels depending on it, Leg. Hen. I. c. 19...
Monasticon anglicanum
Monasticon anglicanum. A monumental work by Sir Wm. Dugdale, Kt., Garter Principal King-at-Arms, originally published in Latin. It contains a history of the abbeys and other monasteries, hospitals, friaries and cathedral and collegiate churches with their dependencies in England and Wales, and also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries as were connected with religious houses in England. The best modern edition is that published in 1817-1830, under the editorship of Messrs. Caley, Ellis and Bandinel....
Prebend
Prebend, a stipend granted in cathedral churches d pr'bendum, to maintain a priest; also, but improperly, the priest himself. A simple prebend is merely a revenue; a prebend, with dignity, has some jurisdiction attached to it. The term 'prebend' is generally confounded with canonicate; but there is a difference between them. The former is the stipend granted to an ecclesiastic in consideration of his officiating and serving in the church; whereas the canonicate is a mere title or spiritual quality which may exist independently of any stipend, 2 Steph. Com....
Proctors of the Clergy
Proctors of the Clergy, they who are chosen and appointed to appear for cathedral or other collegiate churches, as also for the common clergy of every diocese, to sit in the convocation-house in the time of Parliament....
Uniformity, Act of
Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church of England' (now partly repealed), received the Royal Assent on May 19, 1662 and came into operation on August 24 (the feast of St. Bartholomew) following (see Lane's Notes on English Church History).After a long preamble setting forth the preparation of the Prayer Book by several Bishops and other Divines appointed by the King, its approval by the two Convocations, and stating that 'nothing more conduceth to the peace of this nation, nor to the honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of Almighty God.' The Act directs that:All and singular ministers in any cathedral, collegiate or parish church or chapel or other place of public worship within this realm of England, d...
Denarii de caritate
Denarii de caritate, customary oblations made to a cathedral church at Pentecost....
Doctors' Commons
Doctors' Commons, an institution near St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts were held. In 1768 a royal charter was obtained, by virtue of which the members of the society and their successors were incorporated under the name and title of 'The College of Doctors of Laws exercent in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts.' The college consisted of a president (the Dean of Arches for the time being), and of those Doctors of Laws who, having regularly taken that degree in either of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and having been admitted advocates in pursuance of the rescript of the Archbishop of Canterbury, had been elected fellows of the college in the manner prescribed by the charter. The property of the college was sold, the charter surrendered, and the college dissolved under the (English) Probate Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77), ss. 116, 117....
Crypta
Crypta [Ital., fr., Gk., to hide, being first used by the early Christians for the performance of religious services in safety], a chapel or oratory underground, or under a church or cathedral, Du Cange....
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