ecclesiastical authorities. English law. The church’s hierarchy, answerable to the Crown but set apart from the rest of the citizens, responsible for superintending public worship and other religious ceremonies and for administering spiritual counsel and instruction. • In England, the several levels of the clergy are (1) archbishops and bishops, (2) deans and chapters, (3) […]
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ecclesiastical authorities 〈英〉教会职衔 国王是教会的世俗首脑，在他的统治下，神职人员与俗人相区分，以监督公众对神的敬拜和其他宗教仪式等。神职人员职衔的等级是：１大主教和主教；２主教参事会〔deans and chapters〕；３执事长；４堂区教长代理〔rural deans〕；５堂区主持牧师〔parsons〕；６牧师助理〔curate〕。堂区俗人执事〔church-wardens〕或堂区副执事〔sidesmen〕等与教会职责有关的，也属教会职衔之列。
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Concordia discordantium canonum (kon-kor-dee-[schwa] dis-kor-dan-shee-[ schwa]m k[schwa]-nohn-[schwa]m). [Latin “the harmony of the discordant canons”] Hist. A collection of eccle-siastical authorities compiled by Gratian, an Italian monk, ca. 1140. • Gratian analyzed questions of law by drawing conclusions from side-by-side comparisons of a variety of texts. Later canonist scholarship usu. pro-ceeded from Gratian’s work. — Also
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