judicatory
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Though only one of the members of a large judicatory he was not the less accountable.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
A Committee of Safety was the highest judicatory, and Allen was Col.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
It was given at first to every president of the eldership, because he was, in point of fact, the father, or senior member, of the judicatory.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
If then an inferior judicatory offend or injure us, we ought to carry the matter to another that has more influence and authority.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
This hope, however rational and sanguine, was totally disappointed in 1838, when the table of the supreme judicatory might be said to be crowded with petitions, letters, remonstrances, memorials, protests and appeals.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
The terms of the merger will be presented to the judicatories next June for final ratification.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Topsy was cited, and had up before all the domestic judicatories, time and again; but always sustained her examinations with most edifying innocence and gravity of appearance.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
It should be carefully seen to, that judicatories be reformed; and that men, fearing God and hating covetousness, may be placed in them.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Several of our judicatories have already taken this position.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
O how beautiful and glorious would judicatories be, if all the members were children of light!
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning