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Indemnity

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Latin indemnitas, compensation) is in some churches a pension paid to the bishop in consideration of discharging or indemnifying churches, united or appropriated, from the payment of procurations or by way of recompense for the profits which the bishop would otherwise have received during the time of the vacation of such churches.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Indemnity'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/indemnity.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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