kirk session
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He would need a brave and facile pen who would venture to portray the kirk session of St. Cuthbert's Church.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
Joris felt that he must not take his seat among the deacons until he had been fully exonerated of all blame of blood-guiltiness by the dominie and his elders and deacons in full kirk session.
From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Hampe, Theo.
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
There were not fewer than twenty-two elders in the kirk session.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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
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