ecclesiastical society
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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
With neither Presbyterian nor Jesuit was the separation complete, for the simple reason that each had a secret conviction that the ecclesiastical society was at bottom the superior.
From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Laski, Harold Joseph
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.
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
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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