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ECCLESIA

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Lat. An assembly. A Christian assembly; a church. A place of religious worship. Spelman. Eeclesia ecclesise decimas solvere non debet. Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not to pay tithes to a church. Eeclesia est domus mansionalis Omni potentis Dei. 2 Inst 164. The church is the mansion house of the Omnipotent God. Eeclesia est infra cetatem et in ens todia domini regis, qui … [Read more...]

ECRIVAIN

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In French marine law. The clerk of a ship.' Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 11, a 3, no. 2. … [Read more...]

ECCLESIAE SCULPTURA

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The image or sculpture of a church In ancient times was often cot out or cast in plate or other metal, and preserved as a religious treasure or relic, and to perpetuate the memory of some famous churches. Jacob. … [Read more...]

ECUMENICAL

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General; universal; as an ecumenical council. Groesbeeck v. Dunscomb, 41 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 344. … [Read more...]

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