See also:TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from See also:Lat. titulus)
, an inscription prefixed to a See also:book or other See also:writing, designating the name by which it is to be known, and in many cases indicating the See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope of the book or some See also:idea of the nature of its contents
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Further, the See also:term is extended to the descriptive heading or See also:caption to a document, such as a See also:deed or other See also:instrument, or to a See also:bill or See also:act of See also:parliament
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Another See also:general meaning is that of an appellation of See also:rank (see TITLES OF See also:HONOUR, and the articles See also:EMPEROR, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
KING, See also:PRINCE, See also:MAJESTY, See also:HIGHNESS, See also:DUKE, &c.)
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In See also:law " See also:title " is See also:equivalent to right of ownership
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The See also:instruments in writing forming the evidences of the title to See also:land are the title-deeds (see See also:CONVEYANCING; LAND See also:REGISTRATION)
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In ecclesiastical usage, the word " title " (titulus) are used of certain churches in See also:Rome to which districts were attached, their See also:history being of importance in the See also:evolution of the See also:Roman cardinalate (see See also:CARDINAL)
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It was also used, as now, for a See also:condition precedent to ordination; in the See also:early 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 an See also:appointment to officiate in a particular church; this was extended gradually from the idea of locality to that of See also:evidence of means of support
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In the Church of See also:England the See also:candidate must have " some certain See also:place where he can exercise his See also:function "; for See also:deacon's orders he must have a nomination to a curacy, and for See also:priest's orders either that or a presentation to a living
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