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04:26 Sep 8, 2019 |
German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Religion | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Adrian MM. Austria | ||||||
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visit a parish Explanation: It didn't have its own priest, but one visited at periodic intervals. For the last sentence, you could say "was visiting priest at" or "was visitor of". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2019-09-08 04:52:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There is a further distinction between charitable and ecclesiastical visitors that comes to the fore in the University of Cambridge. In most cases, the heads of college, sometimes together with fellows, act as ordinary, but they still require ecclesiastical supervision by a visitor, who may supersede the powers of the domestic ordinary in cases ecclesiastical. http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ecclesiastical-law-jo... You can also say "hold a living/benefice":the As a result of ecclesiastical pluralism some parish priests might have held more than one parish living, placing a curate in charge of those where they do not reside. Now, however, it is common for a number of neighbouring parishes to be placed under one benefice in the charge of a priest who conducts services by rotation, with additional services being provided by lay readers or other non-ordained members of the church community. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2019-09-08 04:52:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or "conducted services". |
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to officiate Explanation: An administrative term which equally applies to church matters. In this case, namely church related, the meaning is "to perform a ceremony/ceremonies." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-09-08 05:32:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ...Father Stuckenkemper officiated for the parish every fourteen days... (or, 'on a fortnightly basis') |
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