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Dignitary

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Dean

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies esp an ecclesiastical dignitary subordinate to a bishop

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Prelate

clergyman of a superior order as an archbishop or a bishop having authority over the lower clergy a dignitary of the church

Canterbury, Archbishop of

Canterbury, Archbishop of, the Primate of All England: the Chief Ecclesiastical Dignitary in the Church; his customary privilege is to crown the kings and queens of England; he is an

Dean

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.

Dom

A title anciently given to the pope and later to other church dignitaries and to some monastic orders See Don and Dan

VerbarInfula

A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries priests and others among the ancient Romans It was generally white

Miter

A covering for the head worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries It has been made in many forms the present form being a lofty cap with two points or

Mozetta

A cape with a small hood worn by the pope and other dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church

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