Hilda turned upon her a face which appeared still to glow with the stimulus of the archidiaconal function. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of a Star] Reference
His lordship then presented them to his lady wife; the archdeacon first, with archidiaconal honours, and then the precentor with diminished parade. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
Peculiars, with but one or two exceptions, had ceased to exist by 1850, and Ripon, once exempt from archidiaconal authority, is now itself an archdeaconry. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
But spite of the archidiaconal hat and gaiters I knew the vicar when accidentally met on the platform of York Station, and his reply to one of my questions about the happy people at Netherbate was precisely as I have written it. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Throughout this long suit Byrd, though in possession of property which had been confiscated from a recusant and actually taking part as a member of the Chapel Royal at the coronation of James I., had been excommunicated since 1598, while from 1605 until 1612, and possibly later, he was regularly presented before the archidiaconal court of Essex as a Catholic. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
And why should the things be sold at all, when the archdeacon had tacitly withdrawn his threats — when he had given his son to understand that the allowance would still be paid quarterly with the customary archidiaconal regularity, and that no alteration was intended in those settlements under which the Plumstead foxes would, in the ripeness of time, become the property of the major himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Chronicle of Barset] Reference
'Bishop!' cried the lady, in her most impressive archidiaconal manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
'Right!' echoed the archidiaconal widow, loudly, 'of course I am right. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
In an archidiaconal charge, delivered within a few months of his appointment, he firmly repudiated the Tractarians. From Wordnik.com. [Cardinal Manning: Part III] Reference
But we all know how indefinite, how inconclusive, how meagre in practical results archidiaconal conferences are apt to be!. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron] Reference
It merely takes us round in a circle, telling us that poetry is poetical, that the archdeacon performs archidiaconal functions. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Arnold] Reference
They stood beside me all the time, and after the service was concluded they showed me the archidiaconal instrument, with a great seal appended to it. From Wordnik.com. [From Death into Life]
Joanna was furious -- she would brook no interference from Archdeacons, and wrote the gentleman a letter which must have been unique in his archidiaconal experience. From Wordnik.com. [Joanna Godden] Reference
Cheese is also a caseous preparation of milk; the duties of an archdeacon are to perform archidiaconal functions; and opium puts one to sleep because it possesses a soporific virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
Herbert le Poor, late rival candidate for the See, also pranced alongside with all the importance of a great functionary, whose archidiaconal duty it was to enthrone all bishops of the Province of Canterbury. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England] Reference
"An archdeacon," replied the bishop, in his quick way, "an archdeacon is an ecclesiastical officer, who performs archidiaconal functions"; and with this reply Lord Althorp and the House were perfectly satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings] Reference
"Well, now, he is coming to lunch with me on Friday on his way to the archidiaconal meetings at. From Wordnik.com. [Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead] Reference
"'Oh, sir!' he panted, abasing himself and stretching forth both hands to the archidiaconal gaiters. From Wordnik.com. [Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756] Reference
(44) An archdeacon is one who exercises archidiaconal functions. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
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