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Clergy
Now the term comprehends all persons in holy orders and in ecclesiastical offices, viz., archbishops, bishops, deans and chapters, archdeacons, rural deans, parsons (either rectors or vicars) and curates, to which may be added parish clerks. The
Fac
A large ornamental letter used esp by the early printers at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book
Chapitre
Chapitre [fr. Capitula, Lat., chapters of a book], a summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, justices
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Chancellor of a Cathedral
the Cathedrals of the Old Foundations. The duties assigned to the office by the statutes of the different chapters vary; but they are chiefly of an educational character, with special reference to the cultivation of theology.
Cathedral
the old foundation, or Ecclesi' Cathedrales Canonicorum Secularium; 2nd, consisting of eight conventual cathedrals, constituted with deans and chapters by Hen. VIII; 3rd, containing the five cathedrals founded, together with new bishoprics, by Hen. VIII; 4th, the
Capitula ruralia
Capitula ruralia, assemblies or chapters, held by rural deans and parochial clergy, within the precinct of every deanery; which at first were every
Capitulate
To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement as in chapters or articles to agree
Westminster the First, Statute of
1275). This statute, which deserves the name of a Code rather than an Act, is divided into fifty-one chapters. Without extending the exemption of churchmen from civil jurisdiction, it protects the property of the Church from the
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