DIRECTORY
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V08,
Page 310
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
DIRECTORY
, a See also:term meaning literally that which guides or directs, and. so applied to a See also:book or set of rules giving directions for public See also:worship
.
The directorium or ordo of the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church contains regulations as to the See also:Mass and See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office to be used on each See also:day throughout the See also:year, and the word is found in the Directory for the Publick Worship of See also:God See also:drawn up in 1644 at the See also:Westminster See also:Assembly
.
The term now usually signifies a book containing the names, addresses and occupations, &c. of the inhabitants of a See also:town or See also:district, or of a similar See also:list of the users of a See also:telephone See also:supply, or of the members of a particular profession or See also:trade
.
The name Directoire or Directory was given to the See also:body which held the executive See also:power in See also:France from See also:October 1795 until
See also:November 1799 (see See also:FRENCH REVOLUTION)
.
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