residuary

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The proportion of Residuary Rumpers in the whole House was even larger.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

The Residuary church is a small neat building of wood, painted white.

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

The chief news in it is that George Dyer has been made one of Lord Stanhope's ten Residuary Legatees.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

About nine of them were Residuary Rumpers who had accepted willingly or cheerfully the return of the secluded.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

Two other very pretty churches occupy the same hill with the Catholics and Episcopal,--the Scotch Residuary, and the Free Church.

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna