Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church (1)美国或苏格兰圣公会 (2)英格兰国教会
episcopalian a. 主教职位的;主教制教会的 n. (1)〈苏格兰〉不从长老会教徒 指对长老会持有不同意见的人,不同意长老会主张的人。 (2)〈英〉(宗教改革后的)天主教徒 现与英格兰国教会的神职人员和睦相处。
copartner. A member of a partnership; PARTNER. [Cases: Partnership 1. C.J.S. Partnership §§ 1–7, 17.] “Copartner need not exist alongside partner. The joint relationship (i.e., that the existence of one partner implies the existence of one or more other partners) is clear to all native speakers of English…. Because copartner adds nothing to the language
coparcener (koh-pahr-s[schwa]-n[schwa]r). A person to whom an estate descends jointly, and who holds it as an entire estate; a person who has become a concurrent owner as a result of descent. — Also termed parcener; (archaically) coparticeps. “Coparceners constitute a single heir, and they occupy a position intermediate between joint tenants and tenants in common.
episcopate (i-pis-k[schwa]-pit), n. Eccles. law. 1. A bishopric. 2. The dignity or office of a bishop.
coparcenary (koh-pahr-s[schwa]-ner-ee), n. An estate that arises when two or more persons jointly inherit from one ancestor, the title and right of possession being shared equally by all. • Coparcenary was a form of coownership created by common-law rules of descent upon intestacy when two or more persons together con-stituted the decedent’s heirs. Typically, this
copartnership. See PARTNERSHIP. • The terms copartnership and partnership are equally old — each having first appeared in the 1570s.