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Of or pertaining to rites or ritual as ritual service or sacrifices the ritual law...
Ritualism
A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship adherence to or observance of a ritual...
Ritual
Ritual, the order of ministration and ceremonies in the Church of England.Means pertaining or relating to, connected with rites. The word 'rite' is a formal procedure or act in a religious or other solemn observance, Muniandi Kone v. Arulmigu Mangalanathaswami Temple....
Ritualism
Ritualism. See PUBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION ACT, 1874....
Ritualist
One skilled un or attached to a ritual one who advocates or practices ritualism...
Ritualistic
Pertaining to or in accordance with a ritual adhering to ritualism...
Church Discipline Act (English)
Church Discipline Act (English), 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86) (repealing 1 Hen. 7, c. 4), under which 'it shall be lawful for' the bishop of the diocese (but not obligatory on him: see Julius v. Bishop of Oxford, (1880) 5 App Cas 214) on the application of any party complaining to proceed against any clerk in holy orders 'charged with offence against the laws ecclesiastical or concerning whom there may exist scandal or offence against the said laws' (whether concerning doctrine, see Voysey v. Noble, (1870) LR 3 PC 357; Bishop of St. Albans v. Fillingham, 1906 p. 163), ritual or moral misconduct), first by inquiry before commissioners nominated by the bishop, and then if the commissioners report that there is a prima facie case against him, by inquiry before the bishop with assessors, with an ultimate appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Bishop of Lincoln v. Wakefield, 1921 AC 813. The Act is repealed and superseded as to offences against morality by the Clergy Discipline ...
Dissenters Chapels Act
Dissenters Chapels Act (7 & 8 Vict. c. 45), (statutory title, 'The (English) Nonconformist Chapels Act, 1844'), an Act passed in 1844 for the relief of Unitarians, though it applies to Nonconformists of every description. Its effect is to exclude, by a special law of limitation made for that express purpose, all inquiry into the conformity or otherwise of the doctrines taught or ritual practised in any chapel or meeting-house of any Non-conformist body, or the intentions of the founders by whom the building or its accessories or endowments were given, when such doctrines have been taught there, or such ritual practised, for the last twenty-five years; unless they are, in express terms, prohibited or excluded by some written instrument governing the foundation. The Act was passed inconsequence of the decision in what is commonly known as 'Lady Hewley's Case', Shore v. Wilson, (1842) 9 Cl&F 355, in which it was held by the House of Lords that Unitarian congregations, inspite of long and ...
administer
administer -is·tered -is·ter·ing vt 1 : to manage the affairs of (as a government or agency) 2 a : to direct or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of [ a trust fund] b : to settle (an estate) under a court appointment as administrator or executor 3 a : to give ritually [ an oath] b : to give (as a narcotic) for the purpose of ingesting vi 1 : to perform the office of an administrator or executor 2 : to manage or conduct affairs ad·min·is·tra·ble [əd-mi-nə-strə-bəl] adj ...
perform
perform 1 : to adhere to and fulfill the terms of [ an obligation] 2 : to carry out or bring about [ the work according to design] 3 : to do according to prescribed ritual or law [ a marriage ceremony] 4 : to give a public rendition or presentation of [ a copyrighted play] vi 1 : to adhere to and fulfill the terms of a contract, promise, or obligation [failed to under the agreement] 2 : to carry out or present something ...
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