A tribute or payment in money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by the Inferior clergy, at the Easter visitation. … [Read more...] about SYNODAL
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SYNODALES TESTES
L. Lat. Synods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens … [Read more...] about SYNODALES TESTES
SYNOPSIS
A brief summary or outline of a longer document or a book. … [Read more...] about SYNOPSIS
SYPHILIS
In medical jurisprudence. A loathsome venereal disease (vulgarly called "the pox") of peculiar virulence, infectious by direct contact capable of hereditary transmission, and the fruitful source of various other diseases and, directly or indirectly, of Insanity. … [Read more...] about SYPHILIS
SYMBOLIC DELIVERY
The constructive delivery of the subject matter of a sale, where It is cumbersome or inaccessible, by the actual delivery of some article which la conventionally accepted as the symbol or representative of it, or which renders access to it possible, or which is evidence of the purchaser's title to it. … [Read more...] about SYMBOLIC DELIVERY