cathedral, cathedral chapters, chapter

cathedra, ex（L.）：(1) 聖座隆重宣言：教宗以其不能錯誤的最高權威，對全教會正式頒佈有關教義或道德的決定。(2)寶座：設於主教座堂，為主教專用的座位。參閱 cathedral。

cathedral：主教座堂：教區中的首要聖堂，堂內置有主教的（寶座）座位；cathedra 拉丁文意即座位，故稱主教座堂。

choral vicar：詠禮司鐸長：指座堂聖職團（cathedral chapter）唱經班的指揮。今已廢除。現仍保有詠禱司鐸班chapter of canons 制度（參閱法典503）。canon：(1)法典；（天主教）法典：天主教法典全稱為 Code of Canon Law。(2)彌撒常典。(3)正典；法規：指教會所認可的聖經、信條。(4)議員；誦經員：主教座堂的議員、詠禮司鐸。

cathedral chapter：座堂聖職（歌詠）團：是主教座堂的參議神父，協助主教處理教務，現已廢除。

Cathedra Petri（L.）：伯鐸座位；彼得講席（基）：天主教會最高元首席位。

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chapter

n.

1. One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.
2. A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life: Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in America's exploration of the West.
3. A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity: The Chicago chapter is admitting new members this year.
4. Ecclesiastical.
   1. An assembly of the canons of a church or of the members of a religious residence.
   2. The canons of a church or the members of a religious residence considered as a group.
5. A short scriptural passage read after the psalms in certain church services.

[Middle English chaptre, variant of chapitre, chapter, chapiter, from Old French, alteration of chapitle, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput, head.]

利用「chapters」的搜尋結果 知道本書在第28頁才解釋什麼教 cathedral chapters

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In the mid-sixteenth century, German cathedral chapters began requiring evidence of noble ancestry for those who sought positions in them.15 Such ...

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Cathedral chapters, the collections of clerics who resided in Europe's bishoprics and enjoyed a large share of church wealth, increasingly were reserved for ...