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Parish Priest
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Parson
a parochial charge or cure of souls. 'The most legal, most beneficial, and most honourable title that a parish priest can enjoy,' says Sir W. Blackstone. A parson has the freehold for life of the parsonage-house, the glebe, … Parson [fr. persona, Lat., because the parson omnium personam in ecclesi' sustinet; or from parochianus, the parish-priest.--Johnson; anciently written persone.--Todd], 'the rector of a church parochiall' (Co. Litt. 300 a); one that has a parochial
Pentecostals
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest or to the mother church at Pentecost
Bidding of the Beade
Bidding of the Beade, a charge or warning given by the parish priest to his parishioners at some special time, to come to prayers upon any festival or saint's day, according
Church-scot
Church-scot, customary obligations paid to the parish priest; from which duties the religious sometimes purchased an exemption for themselves and their tenants.
Procuration
Procuration, an agency, the administration of the business of another; also moneys which parish priests pay yearly to the bishop or archdeacon, ratione visitationis; these are also called proxies, and it is … Procuration, an agency, the administration of the business of another; also moneys which parish priests pay yearly to the bishop or archdeacon, ratione visitationis; these are also called proxies, and it is said
Pentecostals
Pentecostals, pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests; and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churches. They are also … Pentecostals, pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests; and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churches. They are also called Whitsun-farthings.
Ordination
his faith and his erudition; and various certificates are necessary, particularly one signed by the clergyman of the parish in which he has resided during a given time. the candidate has to comply with the requirements of … must have attained his twenty-third year before he can be ordained a deacon; and his twenty-fourth to receive priest'' orders.---4 Geo. 3, c. 43; Canon 34. In the Presbyterian and Congregational churches ordination means the act of
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