Ecclesiastical Commissioners

British  

plural noun

1. the administrators of the properties of the Church of England from 1836 to 1948, when they were combined with Queen Anne's Bounty to form the Church Commissioners

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Ecclesiastical Commissioners

In the Ripon diocese an ordination candidate, in answer to the question, "What religious sects have been founded during the last two centuries?" gave a list which included "the Ecclesiastical Commissioners."

From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas

Ecclesiastical Commissioners are empowered to make a table of fees for any parish with the consent of the Vestry, and with the consent of the Bishop of the Diocese.

From Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages by Sumner, George Henry

He ordered the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to deprive them of their sees; but in this matter even the Commissioners shrank from obeying him.

From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by Green, John Richard

The funds were provided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from the sale of Danbury Palace, hitherto the residence of the Bishops of Rochester, but now disposed of as inaccessible and otherwise inconvenient.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George

What better could the Ecclesiastical Commissioners do with all those rich revenues which they had stolen from the bishops?

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony