The increasing insignificance of the "regionary" and ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Besides the clergy attached to each Roman Church, there was in the city a "regionary" clergy of almost equal antiquity, so called because of its relations to the ecclesiastical regiones or quarters into which, after the fashion of the municipal regions, Christian ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
St. Swidbert was pressed by his numerous flock of converts, and by his fellow-laborers, to receive the episcopal consecration: for this purpose he returned to England soon after the year 697, where he was consecrated regionary bishop to preach the gospel to infidels, without being attached to any see, by Wilfrid, bishop of York, who happened to be then banished from his own see, and employed in preaching the faith in ❋ Alban Butler (N/A)
But his name is not found in any ancient register of either of those churches, and it is now agreed, among the most judicious critics, that he was ordained a regionary bishop to preach the gospel to infidels. ❋ Alban Butler (N/A)
Virgil dispatched the regionary bishop Modestus to ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Mass with two ministers only -- a deacon and a subdeacon -- in place of the number of concelebrating priests, regionary deacons, and assistant subdeacons whom we see around the celebrating bishop in the first centuries at Rome, when further the liturgical lessons were reduced to two, and one of them was sung by the deacon, it seemed natural that the subdeacon should read the other. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
A word of mention is here due to the missionary or regionary bishops, episcopi gentium, episcopi (archiepiscopi) in gentibus, still found in the eleventh century. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The pope had at hand his suburban bishops, the Roman parish priests, and regionary deacons. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
It was natural enough, therefore, that the term cardinales should very soon be applied to these regionary deacons ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Basilica; also the twelve regionary deacons (diacones regionarrii) who are wont to read the Gospel in the "station" churches of Rome. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
These regionary deacons were wont to subscribe the acts of Roman synods and other documents as diaconi ecclesiæ Romanæ, or deacons of the Roman Church, sometimes, probably, adding their proper region. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The scrinium, the regionary notaries, the higher officials such as the primicerius and the secundarius, the arrangement of the Regesta by indictions, etc., are all probably imitations of the practice of the later empire. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
So solemnly performing his decrees and confirming with our signatures the desires of hearts concerning his election, we have sent you our fellow-servants as the bearers of this letter (_names_), most holy bishop (_name_), venerable presbyter (_name_), regionary notary (_name_), regionary subdeacons (_names_), honorable citizens, and from the most flourishing and successful Roman army ❋ Joseph Cullen Ayer (1905)
And, alas, our private chaplain of Lambeyth and Dolekey, bishop-regionary, an always sadfaced man, in his lutestring pewcape with tabinet band, who has visited our various hard hearts and reins by imposition of fufuf fingers, olso haddock’s fumb, in that ❋ Unknown (2006)
