ecclesiastical society
Americannoun
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In 1712, the town was incorporated, which gave it the power to tax the inhabitants to support a minister, and the place became thereby an ecclesiastical society.
From The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of New Milford, Conn. June 17th, 1907 Address Delivered by Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn. by Davenport, Daniel
These things marked Velletri at once as a member of an ecclesiastical society.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Lermina, Jules
The ecclesiastical and civil societies have undergone the same vicissitudes; but the ecclesiastical society has always been the first to be changed.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Constitution, Subsequent Laws.—An ecclesiastical society formed before the adoption of the state constitution is not by that constitution and subsequent laws concerning religious societies divested of its legal character.125 69.
From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Scanlan, Charles M.
We shall see in the sequel that they stood in a peculiar relation of dependence upon ecclesiastical society.
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington
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