An assembly or so- ciety of persons who together constitute the flf] principal supporters of a particular parish, or habitually meet at the same church for religious exercises. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 67; Ruukel v. Winemiller, 4 liar. & McH. (Md.) 452, 1 Am. Dec. 411; In re Walker, 200 111. 566, 66 N. E. 144. In the ecclesiastical law , this term is used to desiguate certain bureaus at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to.
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