Word: clergyman
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...Catholics may not be present at marriages "attempted" by a Catholic before a non-Catholic clergyman or a justice of the peace, and they must not show their approval (e.g., by attending a wedding party, giving a wedding gift). ¶Catholics who are themselves invalidly married may not act as witnesses, ushers, or bridesmaids at a Catholic wedding. Similarly, all Catholics are forbidden to act as witnesses, ushers or bridesmaids at weddings which are not performed by a Catholic priest...
...ordinary Duchess." When he made a helpful suggestion about a maid of honor, it came back with the words: "The Queen has yet to learn that Capt. Ponsonby has anything to do with the Maids of Honor." Much the same snub was inflicted on an earnest clergyman who tried to rouse Victoria's sympathy for the poor by mentioning a house where seven had to use one bed. "Had I been one of them," observed the Queen, "I would have slept on the floor...
Last week some 60 Ximenes fans, ranging in age from 20 to 70, in profession from clergyman to bank clerk, gathered in London's gaudy Cafe Royal to pay tribute to Britain's arch-puzzler, celebrate the appearance of his 200th puzzle. Sporting a badge marked "Mr. X" and beaming at his admirers from behind his rimless spectacles, Ximenes took the opportunity to ask their forgiveness for No. 26 Down in a recent puzzle, which a lot of "solvers" had found too tough.††† He was forgiven. Said one speaker: "We salute you not only...
...Lost Atlantis so lavishly described by Plato has been "found" all over the world-from Ceylon to Sweden. Last week a German clergyman was writing a report on how he had found it again-this time in the North...
...Again, three visiting clergymen in a row ended their sermons with a stereotyped quotation from Sir Henry Newbolt, beginning, 'There's a breathless hush in the close tonight,' and concluding dramatically, 'Play up! play up! and play the game! . . .' On one painful morning a clergyman of national reputation preached a sermon identical in text and argument with that used by an eminent divine the week before. A little Sherlock Holmes investigation disclosed the unfortunate fact that both were 'canned' sermons, evidently from the same source...