church of ease
church of ease noun: synonym of chapel of ease.
Noun
church of ease (plural churches of ease)
- Synonym of chapel of ease.
- Very probable it is, on the other hand, that if the distinction of parishes was began before this time, it had hitherto made but a little progress; and that those few churches which had been erected in towns and villages, were chapels or churches of ease to the mother churches of the diocese rather...1756, The Ecclesiastical History Of England To The Eighteenth Century, page 141
- It contains 17 towns, 4 market towns, 465 villages, 156 Roman Catholic churches and 119 churches of ease, 40 Protestant and 5 churches of ease, 3 free churches, 211 Roman Catholic chapels, and 34 synagogues.1837, Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume ?, page ?
- Synonyms:
- chapel of ease
Synonyms of church of ease
Forms of church of ease
| plural | churches of ease |
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Questions about church of ease
- What does church of ease mean?
- Church of ease means synonym of chapel of ease.
- What part of speech is church of ease?
- Church of ease is a noun.
- What is the plural of church of ease?
- The plural of church of ease is churches of ease.
Words near church of ease in the dictionary
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