ecclesiastical society
Americannoun
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Mr. Hume's treatment of the peculiar and exclusive ecclesiastical society of a small English cathedral city is quite worthy of Anthony Trollope, and his leading character, Bishop Pendle, is equal to Trollope's best bishop.
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
Such attempts, however, at a reformation of ecclesiastical society were as ineffectual as pin-pricks in the cure of a fever which demands blood-letting.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
But by naming Tertullian we suggest one view, at least, of the ecclesiastical society which Origen would meet when he visited Rome.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
The nine or ten gentlemen who constitute the board of trustees meet in the capacity of an ecclesiastical society.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Abbott, Lyman
In 1785 New Cambridge and West Britain, another ecclesiastical society of Farmington, were incorporated as the township of Bristol, but in 1806 they were divided into the present townships of Bristol and Burlington.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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