ECCLESIA

Lat. An a embly. A Christian a embly; a church. A place of religious worship. Spelman. Ecclesia -ecclesire decimas aolvere non debet, Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not to pay tithes to a church. Eccleaia est domu1 mansion a lis Omnipotent i11 Dei. 2 Inst. 164. The church is the mansion-house of the Omnipotent God. Ecclesia eat infra retatem et in custodia domini ~egis, qui tenetur,iura _et hrereditates ejuadem manu tenere et defend ere. 11 Coke, 49. The church is under age, and in the custody of the king, who 11 ' bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances. Eccleda f-git112' rioe mbiorbJ mel i- _ orem oonclltionem auam facel'e pote at, cleterlorem aeq11.&'lll . Co,' Litt. 841, The church enjo,a the prl."'11.ep -Of a' mlnor; [s. 416]