See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

PASTORAL See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

LETTER  , an open See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter addressed by a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop to the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy or laity of his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, or to both, containing either See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general admonition, instruction or See also:

• CONSOLATION (Fr. consolation, Lat. consolatio, from consolari, to assuage, comfort, console)

consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances . In the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic 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 such letters are also sent out regularly at particular ecclesiastical seasons, particularly at the beginning of fasts . In the non-episcopal See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant churches the name "See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral letter " is given to any open letter addressed by a pastor to his See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation, but more especially to that customarily issued at certain seasons, e.g. by the See also:

• MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

moderator of a Presbyterian See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly or the chairman of a Congregational or Baptist See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union .