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Medieval

A church officer consecrated to the highest of the holy orders; usually the head of a diocese with spiritual authority over the other clergy and laity in that diocese; believed to be a successor to ...

Benefit of clergy

History; Medieval

# A privilege enjoyed by members of the clergy, including tonsured clerks, placing them beyond the jurisdiction of secular courts. # The legal privilege of those who could prove they were clergy to ...

Chamberlain

History; Medieval

# An officer of the royal household. He is responsible for the Chamber, meaning that he controls access to the person of the King. He is also responsible for administration of the household and the ...

Barb

History; Medieval

A breed of horse from "Barbary", or Berber, coast of the Mediterranean (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco), and rather smaller than the Arabian. The term equus de Barbaria occurs in letters of the ...

Chamfer cusp

History; Medieval

Cusps springing from the chamfered side or edge of an arched head (not the soffit, for which see soffit cusp.

Regular canon

History; Medieval

A clerk who was not a monk but who lived in a community governed by a rule and belonged to one of the religious orders of canon regulars.

Bovate

History; Medieval

# An eighth of a carucate. Sometimes reckoned at 15 acres; land ploughed by two oxen. # An ox-gang, or as much land as an ox could plough in a year; varying in amount from 10 to 18 acres according ...