CHRISTIAN COURT
\kɹˈɪst͡ʃən kˈɔːt], \kɹˈɪstʃən kˈɔːt], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_tʃ_ə_n k_ˈɔː_t]\
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The Archdeacons C., the lowest, held wherever the archdeacon, either by prescription or by composition, has jurisdiction, the judge being called the official of the archdeaconry.
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Curia Christianitatis, = the ecclesiastical courts as a whole, distinguished from civil; these being in the Church of England theoretically six in number.
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The Arches C. (held anciently, till about 1567, in the Church of St. Mary de Arcubus, or Le-Bow), the supreme court of appeal of the archbishopric of Canterbury in all ecclesiastical causes except those of the Prerogative C., the judge being the official principal of the archbishop.
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The C. of Peculiars, of Archbishop of Canterbury, subservient to and in connexion with that of Arches.
By Henry Percy Smith
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