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A crossbow with a steel box stave.
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Person accepted by a manorial court to stand in the place of another.
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A short timber rising vertically from the inner end of the sole-piece to the underside of the common rafter.
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The square, uppermost part of a capital in architecture.
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A condemnation of heretics, similar in effect to major excommunication. It inflicts the penalty of complete exclusion from Christian society.
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The conversion of the right of presentation to a rectory into possession of that rectory, usually by a religious house or collegiate church.
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1) Square-edged stonework with even faces. 2) Worked stone, masonry or squared stones in regular courses.
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1) The right to appoint a priest to a parish church. Advowsons could be held by laymen and were treated as real property which could be inherited, sold, exchanged, or even divided between co-heiresses (one appointing on one occasion, another on the next, and so on). 2) The right of presentation to a church or benefice. 3) Patronage of a church living; the legal right to present a candidate for installation in a vacant ecclesiastical office.
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Religious/monastic rules based on love of God and neighbor, respect for authority, care of the sick, and self-discipline.
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A hermit, or recluse (L. anachoreta, one who has withdrawn from the world).
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