kirk session
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The kirk session on the matter will be a notable one.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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 Knowles, Robert E.
Also, “Before granting the application, the kirk session shall intimate to the presbytery their intention of doing so, unless objection be offered by the presbytery at its first meeting thereafter.”
From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Robinson, Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft)
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 Hume, David
They have to go before a kirk session, consisting of the minister and perhaps half a dozen elders, when they are admonished.
From Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America by Stiles, Henry Reed
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