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Convocation :: Convocation (n.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs..

Congregationalism :: Congregationalism (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

Monitory :: Monitory (n.) Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person..

Tisri :: Tisri (n.) The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October..

Waldenses :: Waldenses (n. pl.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles..

Canon :: Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority..

Churchman :: Churchman (n.) An ecclesiastic or clergyman.

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Establishment :: Establishment (n.) That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures;

Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..

Conciliable :: Conciliable (n.) A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..

Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..

Synod :: Synod (n.) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Parson :: Parson (n.) Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher..

Preconization :: Preconization (n.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.

Induction :: Induction (n.) The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities..

Hood :: Hood (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood..

Qualificator :: Qualificator (n.) An officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.

Primitia :: Primitia (n.) The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.

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