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Confessor

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Curtana

at their coronation and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy also called the sword of Edward the Confessor

Ghostly

Relating to the soul not carnal or secular spiritual as a ghostly confessor

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VerbarGooroo

A spiritual teacher guide or confessor among the Hindus a guru

Shriver

One who shrives a confessor

Ancient demesne

granted to private persons, were in the actual possession of the Crown in the times of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and appear to have been so by the great survey in the Exchequer called

Cinque Ports

prtus, Lat.], certain anciently enfranchised havens, lying on the coast towards France. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror

Great Seal

Great Seal [clavis regni,Lat.], the emblem of sovereignty, introduced by Edward the Confessor. It is held by the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper for the time being and may not be

Tenure

Book to have been actually in the possession of the Crow in in the reign of Edward the Confessor or William the Conqueror. These tenants were esteemed highly privileged, for they could not be compelled to relinquish

Third-night-awn-hinde

Third-night-awn-hinde [trium noctium hospes, Lat.]. By the laws of St. Edward the Confessor, if any man lay a third night in an inn, he was called a third-night-awn-hinde, and his host

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