kirk session
Britishnoun
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The rights of patrons had for some years been abolished; and the power of electing ministers had been vested in the kirk session and lay elders.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
The kirk session on the matter will be a notable one.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The second, and larger, deputation was composed of ten or more, appointed to represent the kirk session and the Board.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
There were not fewer than twenty-two elders in the kirk session.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Let us have our unbroken number," I began; "the kirk session is constituted, and I call upon such as have been chosen to serve within it, to come forward and assume the holy office.
From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles
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