Lambeth Conference

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noun

a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.

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Origin of Lambeth Conference

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby Lambeth Conference

lambent, lambert, Lambert conformal projection, Lambert's law, Lambeth, Lambeth Conference, Lambeth degree, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth Quadrilateral, Lambeth walk, Lambic

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How to use Lambeth Conference in a sentence

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Their conference was short; but it implied to Louis, that his delegated reign, as well as that of his father, was at an end.
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We had a conference with each of them, Generals and Staff who could be spared from the fighting being present.
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It nettled him; it broke down his habitual composure, and it was a relief to him when the conference came to a close.
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It had been aroused a little by the stranger himself; secondly by their scared faces; thirdly by this close conference.
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His voice broke from the smothered conference tone and the school heard it and tittered.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lambeth Conference

Lambeth Conference

noun

the decennial conference of Anglican bishops, begun in 1867See also Lambeth Quadrilateral

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