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Uniformity, Act of
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the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church of England' (now partly repealed), received the Royal Assent on May 19, 1662 and came into operation on
Chapel
Chapel [fr. Chapelle, Fr.]. a building either adjoining to a church, for performing divine service, or separate from the mother-church, where the parish is large, and then called a
Protestant
added that 'whosoever shall hereafter come to the possession of this Crown shall join in communion with the Church of England as by law established.' The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2),
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Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
and revenues of two previous Royal Commissions, empowered to suggest measures conductive to the efficiency of the Established Church to be ratified by Orders in Council. Church Estate Commissioners are appointed ex officio members of this corporation.
Sexton
An under officer of a church whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels vestments etc belonging to the
Religion
Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 200. Religion, in U.K., the Protestant Church headed by the Crown is by law established and built into the fabric of the English Constitution. The
Banns of marriage
'Ban,' an edict or prohibition. The Prayer Book of 1662 directed banns of marriage to be published in church 'three several Sundays or Holy Days immediately before the sentences for the offertory' (this was in the Rubric
Magna Carta
their general Robert Fitzwalter, with the title of Marshal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had surrendered to them, and they were in possession of the metropolis, by
Presentation
avoidance to the executor happening at the same time, the elder right prevails. If a bishop die, a church being vacant in his lifetime, the Crown exercises its prerogative to present, Co. Litt. 388 a. Joint-tenants and
Ornaments rubric
of the Prayer Book which directs just before the Order for Morning Prayer that-- Such Ornaments of the Church, and of the Ministers thereof, at all times of their Ministration shall be retained, and be in use,
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