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of or associated with a church — especially a Christian Church
- "Djali," resumed the young girl, emboldened by her growing success, "how preaches Master Jacques Charmolue, procurator to the king in the ecclesiastical court?"1.2.3 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 3 — Kisses for Blows (34% in)
- Then arrived, two by two, with a gravity which made a contrast in the midst of the frisky ecclesiastical escort of Charles de Bourbon, the eight and forty ambassadors of Maximilian of Austria, having at their head the reverend Father in God, Jehan, Abbot of Saint-Bertin, Chancellor of the Golden Fleece, and Jacques de Goy, Sieur Dauby, Grand Bailiff of Ghent.1.1.3 — Vol 1 Bk 1 Chpt 3 — Monsieur the Cardinal (83% in)
- Let the reader imagine the effect in the midst of a theatrical piece, of the yelping of an usher, flinging in between two rhymes, and often in the middle of a line, parentheses like the following,— "Master Jacques Charmolue, procurator to the king in the Ecclesiastical Courts!"1.1.4 — Vol 1 Bk 1 Chpt 4 — Master Jacques Coppenole (70% in)
- Claude Frollo had been destined from infancy, by his parents, to the ecclesiastical profession.1.4.2 — Vol 1 Bk 4 Chpt 2 — Claude Frollo (8% in)
- Master Jacques! you are procurator to the king in the Ecclesiastical Courts: this parchment is abominable.2.7.5 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 5 — The Two Men Clothed in Black (30% in)
- "Poor fly!" said the king's procurator in the ecclesiastical court; and he raised his hand to save it.2.7.5 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 5 — The Two Men Clothed in Black (64% in)
- But one must practise a bit of hermetic science when one is only procurator of the king in the ecclesiastical court, at thirty crowns tournois a year.2.7.5 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 5 — The Two Men Clothed in Black (89% in)
- Master Jacques Charmolue, procurator of the king in the Ecclesiastical Court, with the gentlemen of the officialty.2.8.1 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 1 — The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf (26% in)
- A bailiff banded the dead leaf to the crocodile, who made a doleful shake of the head, and passed it on to the president, who gave it to the procurator of the king in the ecclesiastical court, and thus it made the circuit of the hail.2.8.1 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 1 — The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf (57% in)
- "Mademoiselle," resumed the caressing voice of the procucrator of the Ecclesiastical court, "for the third time, do you persist in denying the deeds of which you are accused?"2.8.2 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 2 — Continuation of the Crown.... (41% in)
- When the prisoner had been "unbooted," the procurator of the ecclesiastical court examined her foot, which was still swollen with pain.2.8.2 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 2 — Continuation of the Crown.... (96% in)
- "Monsieur, procurator of the king in the ecclesiastical courts," said the president, "the chamber is ready to hear you in your charge."2.8.3 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 3 — End of the Crown Which.... (25% in)
- So saying, he pointed to the little goat, who, on seeing Charmolue gesticulating, had, in point of fact, thought it appropriate to do the same, and had seated himself on his haunches, reproducing to the best of his ability, with his forepaws and his bearded head the pathetic pantomine of the king's procurator in the ecclesiastical court.2.8.3 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 3 — End of the Crown Which.... (46% in)
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