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Cellerarius
Cellerarius, a butler in a monastery: sometimes in universities called manciple or caterer.
Civil death
attainted of treason or felony, and, in former times, when he adjured the realm or went into a monastery. The (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), provides that after the passing of that
Rector
of a church which before the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. was appropriated to a monastery, the incumbent generally being a 'vicar'; or, in cases where the living had not been so impropriated and
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Meason-due
Meason-due [corruption of maison de Dieu, Fr.], a house of God; a monastery; religious house, almshouse or hospital. See 39 Eliz. c. 5.
Mynster-ham
Mynster-ham (ecclesi' mansio, Lat.), monastic habitation; [perhaps the part of a monastery set apart for purposes of hospitality or as sanctuary for criminals, Anc. Inst. Eng.
Place of worship
Place of worship, means a temple, mosque, guru-dwara, church, monastery or any other place of public religious worship of any religious denomi-nation or any section thereof, by whatever
Slype
A narrow passage between two buildings as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery
Religious men
Religious men [fr. religiosiat.], such as entered into some monastery or convent, there to live devoutly. They were held to be civiliter mortui.
Archives
are kept. It is sometimes used for the writings themselves-thus we say the archives of a college, a monastery, etc.
Censuales
Church, bound themselves to pay an annual tax or quit-rent out of their estates to a church or monastery. Besides this, they sometimes engaged to perform certain services, Jac. Law Dict.
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