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Delegate
and empowered to act for another one deputed to represent a chosen deputy a representative a commissioner a vicar
Curate
the cure of souls originally any clergyman but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar
Clergy
orders and in ecclesiastical offices, viz., archbishops, bishops, deans and chapters, archdeacons, rural deans, parsons (either rectors or vicars) and curates, to which may be added parish clerks. The clergy are exempt from serving on juries; restrained
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Ecclesiastical Corporations
of which are exclusively spiritual persons. They are of two kinds: corporations sole-viz., bishops, certain deans, parsons, and vicars; and corporations aggregate-viz., deans and chapters, and formerly prior and convent, abbot and monks, and the like. For
Spiritual corporations
the rights of the Church. They are of two sorts: (1) Sole, as bishops, certain deans, parsons and vicars; or (2) Aggregate, as dean and chapter, prior and convent, abbot and monks.
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