Word: cruciferous
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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He was addressing the Rev. Ernest Milmore Stires, Rector for the last quarter-century of St. Thomas' Church, Manhattan, who knelt before him, pale and grave. In the chancel stood 35 bishops; 430 clergymen were ranked in files in the nave; hundreds of wealthy laymen were packed shoulder to...
Episcopal bishops from Haiti, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Illinois, in purple and white robes and violet birettas, a group of Army and Naval officers in uniform, and the speakers of the day-Elihu Root, Governor Smith, Sir Campbell Stuart-in high silk hats and sleek frock coats, followed a young crucifer...
Two thurifers in scarlet cassocks led the priests out of the sacristy of Christ Church and around to the big main door. A shrewd wind was blowing, touched with smoke from many autumn bonfires, and the fragrance of the incense from the swinging censers mingled in the air with the...