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Parish

That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Jurisdiction 76% connected

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…

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Parochial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

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Parochial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

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Bishopric 70% connected

A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

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Diocese 70% connected

The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

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Episcopate 70% connected

A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

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Parishioner 70% connected

One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.

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Burgess noun · 78% connection

An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.

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Burglary noun · 78% connection

Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious p…

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Charge verb · 78% connection

To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to c…

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Charge d'affaires noun · 78% connection

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign af…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, ground, committed, charge, parson.
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Circuiter noun · 78% connection

One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge.

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Clergyman noun · 78% connection

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to…

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Coefficient of mutual induction noun · 78% connection

a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of curr…

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Committible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.

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Curate noun · 78% connection

One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.

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Curative verb · 78% connection

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circuit, ground, committed, charge, parson.
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Cut-out noun · 78% connection

A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.

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Deacon noun · 78% connection

An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholi…

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Electricity noun · 78% connection

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

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Electrotonic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the ac…

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Fault noun · 78% connection

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.…

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Flock noun · 78% connection

A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.

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Henry noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while th…

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