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CHAMBRE DEPEINTE
A name anciently given to St Edward's chamber, called the "Painted Chamber," destroyed by fire with the houses of parliament … [Read more...] about CHAMBRE DEPEINTE
CHANGE
1. An alteration; substitution of one thing for another. This word does not connote either improvement or deterioration as a result. In this respect it differs from amendment, which, in law, always imports a change for the better. 2. Exchange of money against money of a different denomination. Also small coin. Also an abbreviation of exchange. Change of venue. Properly … [Read more...] about CHANGE
CHAPTER
In ecclesiastical law. A congregation of ecclesiastical persons in a cathedral church, consisting of canons, or prebendaries, whereof the dean is the head, all subordinate to the bishop, to whom they act as assistants in matters relating to the church, for the better ordering and disposing the things thereof, and the confirmation of such leases of the temporalty and offices … [Read more...] about CHAPTER
CHAMP BE MARS
(Latin: Campus Mar tii.) The field or assembly of March. The national assembly of the Franks, held in the month of March, In the open air. … [Read more...] about CHAMP BE MARS
