Bible Encyclopedias
Presence

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

means, in canonical law, the uninterrupted personal residence of every regularly prebended ecclesiastic at the seat of his office; a duty emphatically imposed on him by the laws of the Church. It means also the personal attendance at the common choral prayer, to which the laws of the Church obligate all members of a monastic community, as well as the canons and choir-vicars of the cathedral and collegiate congregations.

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