ecclesiastical society
Americannoun
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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 Charles M. Scanlan
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
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 Fergus Hume
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 Harold Joseph Laski
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 Lyman Abbott
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