单词 | COURT OF CONVOCATION |
释义 | In English ecclesiastical law. A court, or assembly, comprising all tlie high officials of each province and representatives of the minor clergy. It is in the nature of an ecclesiastical parliament ; and, so far as its judicial functions extend, it lias jurisdiction of cases of heresy, schism, and other purely ecclesiastical matters. An appeal lies to the king in council. |
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