cathedral preferment
cathedral preferment. Eccles. law. In a cathedral church, a deanery, archdeaconry, canonry, or other office below the rank of bishop.
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cathedral
cathedral. Eccles. law. The principal church of a diocese, in which the bishop’s throne, or cathedra, is situated.
chancellor of a cathedral
chancellor of a cathedral 主教座堂的高级教士 主教座堂四位主要首脑之一，其职责由不同牧师会的教规规定。但主要负责教育事项，尤其是神学方面。
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cathedral preferments
cathedral preferments 〈英〉(教会法)(供职于主教座堂或大圣堂〔collegiate church〕，位列于主教之下的)教士职衔指所有的教长、执事长、法政牧师以及其他在该教堂中的职位。
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collegiate church
collegiate church 〈英〉(教会法)大圣堂 社团或个人共同捐建的教堂，由教长〔dean〕、牧师会的牧师〔canons〕，或有圣俸的牧师〔prebendaries〕组成的牧师会〔chapter〕管理，不设主教职位，这些教堂不受主教权〔cathedral〕的管辖，但它们所在教区〔diocese〕的主教可对之行使巡视〔visit〕管辖权，王室特权教堂除外，如威斯敏斯特教堂〔Westminster〕和温莎教堂〔Windsor〕。现尚存的大圣堂还有伍尔弗汉普顿〔Wolverhampton〕，黑茨伯里〔Heytesbury〕和米德尔赫姆〔Middleham〕。
matrix ecclesia
matrix ecclesia (may-triks e-klee-z[h]ee-[schwa]). [Latin] Eccles. law. A mother church; a cathedral church in relation to parochial churches in the same diocese, or a parish church in relation to dependent chapels.
prebendary
prebendary (preb-[schwa]n-der-ee). A person serving on the staff of a cathedral who receives a stipend from the cathedral’s endowment.
decanus
decanus (di-kay-n[schwa]s), n. [fr. Greek dekanos “a dean”] 1. Roman law. An officer commanding ten soldiers. 2. Eccles. & civil law. A leader of ten people, as in decanus monasticus (“dean of ten monks”). 3. The dean of a cathedral.
letter missive
letter missive. 1. Hist. A letter from the king (or queen) to the dean and chapter of a cathedral, containing the name of the person whom the king wants elected as bishop. 2. Hist. After a lawsuit is filed against a peer, peeress, or lord of Parliament, a request sent to the defendant to appear