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How to keep your independence and yet benefice from the general publishing world. From Wordnik.com. [Author 2.0 Survey Results - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn] Reference
That none should putt his awin sone in his awin benefice. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Similarly, the Abbot of Kirkstead was patron of the benefice of. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Archbishop of Yorke that then was, vnto a benefice nigh in the towne of. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
They could not have told on which benefice to reside, for they held many. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Thence he was orderly called to take a benefice in the city of London, namely. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Archbishop give the next benefice that falleth in his gift to the same messenger. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
I have a benefice vacant, but should dislike to see those locks of yours tonsured. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Tasker was buried in the churchyard at Scrivelsby, of which benefice his master was rector. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
He was afterward removed to a benefice at Hull, in which he remained till the death of Edward VI. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Queen's College, Oxford, the arbitrary or unreasonable refusal of a benefice vacated a Fellowship. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
Now oral remuneration denotes the conferring of an ecclesiastical benefice at some person's request. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
When ordered abroad they could nominate a son, if capable, to hold the benefice and carry on the duty. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
He kept his promise -- the chancellor presented the patent for the benefice to the astonished almoner!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference
His immediate successor in the priory, good Abbot de Montheron, had not indeed long enjoyed the benefice. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.] Reference
Elkstone near Cheltenham, and continued to hold that benefice, which was in the gift of the Craven family. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
But, if one be in need, one may lawfully seek for oneself an ecclesiastical benefice without the cure of souls. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Chapel was to send to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and this was to entitle the Dean to the next vacant benefice. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
It has belonged to the Dymokes, as also the patronage of the benefice, although Sir H.M. Hawley is lord of the manor. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The Rev.E. Walter at first endowed the benefice with £20 a year and 30 acres of land, others giving smaller donations. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Relieved of his obligation in office the old man's hands were wide open to shower benefice or caprice on the most worthless. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Brito, son of Eudo of Tattershall, to the Abbey of Kirkstead, the rectory of that benefice was also in the gift of the Abbot. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Brito endowed the Abbey of Kirkstead, he assigned to it two parts of the manor of Woodhall, and the advowson of the benefice. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
For a corrupt resignation or exchange of a benefice the giver and taker of a bribe forfeit each double the amount of the bribe. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In 1541, he was Commendator of the Abbey of Kilwinning; which benefice he exchanged with Gawin Hamilton for the Deanery of Glasgow. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
The founder has passed away, and the college also is no more; and the once richly-endowed benefice is now little better than a starveling. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
After the Reformation, he still retained the designation of Sub-Dean, and received his two-thirds of the benefice, although John Duncanson was. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
"My lord," replied the almoner, "is going to solicit a benefice of fifty thousand livres, before the emperor is informed of its being vacant.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference
On the See of Glasgow becoming vacant, the benefice was appropriated by himself and the title bestowed on Robert Montgomery, minister of Stirling. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
Carlisle, and the bishops continued lords of the manor till 1856, when it was transferred to the Bishop of Lincoln with the patronage of the benefice. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
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