parish vestry

collocation in English

meaningsofparishandvestry

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parish
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ɪʃ/us
/ˈper.ɪʃ/
in some Christian denominations, an area cared for by one priest with its own church, or (in England) the smallest unit of ...
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vestry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈves.tri/us
/ˈves.tri/
a room in a church, especially one in which priests and the group of people who sing in church put on the special clothes they wear for church ceremonies, and in which things used in church ceremonies are ...
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(Definition ofparishandvestryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The forum that enabled them to do so was theparishvestry, a body whose constitution remains obscure.
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It would have disgraced aparishvestry.
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The liberty was abolished in 1892 and theparishvestryin 1894.
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In the 1770s, amid great controversy in theparishvestry, major structural changes were forced through.
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Some boroughs were formed as amalgamations of parishes, but most were continuations of existing units of local government with theparishvestryor district board elevated to a borough council.
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Furthermore, the small tenements act was voluntary : it was parish vestries who decided whether it should be adopted.
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In the countryside, some duties were delegated to bodies such as manor courts and parish vestries.
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He was also a member of theparishvestry, an influential local church group whose responsibilities for parish business would include collecting taxes and tithes to distribute among the poor.
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There was set up a system of appointing the conservators by the parish vestries—at that time the only method of local government—and they raised money by precepts on the parishes.
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The seal depicted the emblems of the three parish vestries merged into the board.
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These replaced the ancient parish vestries and district boards as the second tier of local government.
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The lower tier of local government in the area continued to be administered by parish vestries and local boards of works.
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