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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a term for an administration without precedence in choir or chapter. The financial provost and procurator; the precentor, chancellor, and treasurer of Beverly; monks elected by the prior and seniors, and confirmed in authority by the bishop in a conventual cathedral, were called officers, the term designating now the vice-dean, treasurer, and receiver-general of the new foundations.

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