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Surrogate

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a name (meaning one substituted, or appointed in the place of another) commonly applied in ecclesiastical usage to an officer delegated by the bishop to grant licenses for marriages, probates of wills, etc., in large towns. A surrogate is, properly speaking, the deputy or substitute of an ecclesiastical judge.

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