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lambeth degree

Lambeth degree (lam-b[schwa]th). Hist. A degree conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury, rather than by a university, as authorized under the Ecclesiastical Licenses Act of 1533 (25 Hen. 8, ch. 21). • The degrees were conferred in music, theology, law, and medicine.

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court of audience

Court of Audience. Hist. Eccles. law. A court in which the Archbishop of York or Canterbury exercised personal jurisdiction. • This court was abolished in 1963. “Just as the bishop did not deprive himself of all jurisdiction by delegation to an official or commissary, so the archbishop did not originally deprive himself of all jurisdiction

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bishop

bishop. The chief superintendent and highest-ranking member of the clergy within a diocese. • The bishop is subject to the archbishop of a province. [Cases: Religious Societies 27. C.J.S. Religious Societies § 43.] “[A] bishop … has several courts under him, and may visit at pleasure every part of his diocese. His chancellor is appointed

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official principal

official principal 〈英〉教务总长 由主教或大主教任命并作为其代表〔delegate〕听取当事人陈述之人,一般同时担任大法官〔Chancellor〕和主教总代理〔Vicar-General〕之职。约克教省主教法院法官〔Auditor of the Chancery Court of York〕为约克大主教〔Archbishop of York〕的教务总长。主教管区的大法官〔Chancellor of a diocese〕为该管区主教的教务总长。坎特伯雷教省的教务总长又称「拱顶法院」〔Dean of Arches〕法官。

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