(UK, legal, religion) A clergyman presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
(UK, legal, religion) A clergyman presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession.
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(UK, 19th century) One who fulfils (an office) with insufficient dignity.
An Anglican clergyman who regularly engages in fox hunting.
(UK) The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.
(Christianity, historical, mostly, Scotland) Someone who favours the appointment of an outside clergyman to a parish, against the wishes of the parishioners.
(UK, historical) A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century.